Despite a sharp increase in the trade deficit in the first nine months of 2026, trade developments in the final months of the year, together with the target of raising exports by 15-16%, provide grounds for optimism that the trade balance will continue to improve, Deputy Director of the Agency for Foreign Trade under the Ministry of Industry and Trade Trinh Thi Thu Hien said at a ministry press conference on October 7.

Viet Nam’s government revenue in the first seven months of the year was estimated at 1,834 trillion VND, equivalent to 72.5% of the yearly target and up 16% over the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Finance.

Medical device companies of the Republic of Korea are seeking to expand their presence in Viet Nam, where healthcare spending is rising rapidly and demand for advanced medical technologies continues to grow.

Over the past week, domestic rice prices continued to increase, while export activities also became more vibrant due to rising stockpiling demand amid concerns over escalating transport and input costs.

Viet Nam is seeking to promote the export of its key commodities, particularly coffee beans, to the Algerian market as bilateral economic and trade ties have continued to expand.

Amid ongoing fluctuations in the global economy, with international trade facing numerous challenges, Vietnamese enterprises, including export startups, are seeing opportunities to expand their markets and assert their competitiveness.

Despite adverse impacts from the international environment and increasingly complex domestic natural disasters, Viet Nam’s import–export activities recorded positive results in 2025.

After four years of implementation, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) has made an important contribution to boosting Viet Nam’s exports of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products amid strong fluctuations in global trade flows.

Amid ongoing volatility in global trade, Viet Nam’s textile and garment sector continues to maintain its position among the world’s leading producers. This serves as an important foundation for the sector to continue restructuring and meeting the green standards of international markets.

The European Union (EU) has recently announced that it will increase food safety and sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) inspections on imports from non-EU countries by 50%, and step up audits at member states’ border control posts by 33%.

China will officially allow the import of fresh jackfruits from Viet Nam from June 1, 2026, according to an announcement issued by the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC).

Viet Nam’s merchandise export and import value in the first 11 months of 2025 reached a record high of nearly 840 billion USD, with a trade surplus at 20.5 billion USD.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade, in collaboration with Da Nang, held a conference on December 5 to review industry and trade development in the Central–Central Highlands region.

The Quang Tri Trading Corporation held a ceremony at Nam Dong Ha Industrial Park on November 17 to mark the province’s first shipment of 60 tonnes of tung seeds being exported to the Indian market.

On November 11, the Department of Customs reported that state budget revenue from import–export activities in the first ten months of 2025 reached 379.816 trillion VND (14.4 billion USD), equivalent to 92.4% of the annual target and 80.8% of the striving target, marking an increase of 9.3% (or 1.2 billion USD) over same period in 2024.

On November 13, in Ha Noi, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs held the workshop “Promoting the Export of Vietnamese Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Products to the EU Market,” chaired by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang.

Statistics from the General Department of Customs under the Ministry of Finance show that Viet Nam’s fruit and vegetable exports to the EU reached 233.2 million USD in the first six months of 2025, up 44.1% year-on-year.

Viet Nam’s coffee industry is experiencing a breakthrough year, with exports setting new records in both volume and value.

Customs authorities at Mong Cai International Border Gate in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh on August 5 announced that they have completed clearance procedures for nearly 22 tonnes of fresh, unhusked coconuts officially exported to China through Bac Luan II bridge border gate.

The Agency of Foreign Trade under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) on August 1 launched a series of events to honour enterprises that have made significant contributions to Viet Nam’s export growth, and to promote and enhance the visibility of Vietnamese exporters.