The participation in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) has reflected a new level of Vietnam’s regional and global integration, according to Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh.

The US Department of Commerce (DoC) announced its preliminary results of the 12th administrative review (POR 12) of the anti-dumping order on frozen warm water shrimps from Vietnam.

The first International Exhibition & Conference for Horticultural and Floricultural Production and Processing Technology (Hortex Vietnam) and the first International Trade Show on Agricultural Machinery, Equipment and Technologies (Agri Machinery & Tech Vietnam) opened on March 14 at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre.

As extended arms to exporters, trade counsellors have brought fresh information to the agricultural sector, with strong expectations for more robust export growth in 2018.

Việt Nam’s fruit and vegetable exports are expected to top US$4.5 billion by 2020, with fruits accounting for $3.6 billion, according to the Crop Production Department.

Dutch businesses have shown interest in Việt Nam’s agriculture sector in general and the vegetable processing industry in particular as the industry has grown well in recent years.

Vietnam’s fruit and vegetable exports are expected to top 4.5 billion USD by 2020, with fruits accounting for 3.6 billion USD, according to the Crop Production Department.

Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh and Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Paik Un-gyu sought measures to complete the two countries’ trade goal of 100 billion USD by 2020 during their talks in Hanoi on March 22.

There is great potential for export of Vietnamese organic agricultural products to the US and Europe, but businesses need guidance and support from trade promotion offices to achieve this.

South Korea has retained its position as Việt Nam’s leading source of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first quarter of this year.

A number of trade deals between Vietnamese and French businesses were inked on March 27, paving the way for further economic and trade cooperation between the two nations in the upcoming time.

Việt Nam exported 520,000 tonnes of coffee worth US$1 billion in the first quarter of the year, an increase of 15.1 per cent in volume but a decrease of 1.7 per cent in value compared to the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.