The city’s total import-export turnover reached US$60.1 billion in 2024, up 11% year-on-year.

The city will continue to support businesses in exploring new markets, capitalizing on the Free Trade Agreement of which Vietnam is a member.

Local consumers prefer shopping options that offer convenience and assurance of product origin.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) firms contributed up to 72 percent out of Vietnam’s US$154 billion total export value in the first nine months this year, reports from the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) showed.

Though Vietnam’s export turnover reached US$154 billion by the end of September 2017, only some 1 percent of Vietnamese exporters know how to exploit global online trading platforms for export.

Vietnam’s import and export revenue is well on track to hit US$400 billion for the first time in 2017.

​While Vietnam has attained a strong track record of economic growth over the past 20 years, the drivers that fueled this growth are rapidly depleting, making it critical to develop new drivers of growth going forward.

Vietnamese firms must focus more on building brands of products to be able to boost exports to the Republic of Korea (RoK).

With the launch of the trade information portal on July 26, the Government of Vietnam strives to lower trade costs, decrease the time required to do business and easing border cooperation when moving goods and services in and out the country.

Despite the value of Hanoi export in the first 9 months has reached nearly 8.6 billion USD, up 7% compared to the same period of 2016, but the number is still lower than the target number of 2017 of 11.1 billion USD, which requires more efforts from the city and enterprises in the remaining months.

According to experts on logistics market, it is expected that the Vietnam’s logistics market will reach the scale of 1.4 billion USD per year in the upcoming 2 – 3 years.

With the presence of the Free trade agreement (FTA) between Vietnam and Eurasian Economic Union, trade relation between two parties has significantly improved.

International organizations forecasted the positive global economic for period 2017 – 2018, with expected growth rate from 3.5-3.6%, thanks to strong recovery from major economies in the first 9 months of 2017.

Consistent quality, food safety and attractive packaging are key factors, of which Vietnamese enterprises should focus on to increase its agricultural products to Korean market.

CEO of Uber Vietnam Dang Viet Dung has left the the company since Oct 1, ater three year holding the position.

In order for export to grow sustainably, in addition to the growth rate, Vietnam need to focus on stabilizing production and increasing added value.

It`s witnessed that the Vietnam`s rice export turnover hold the firm growth.

According to statistics from the General Department of Vietnam Customs and Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP), in the first 8 months, shrimp export from Vietnam to European Union (EU) is 483.6 million USD, up 30% compared to the same period of 2016.

One of the most-wanted fairs in Hanoi is about to kick off.

Vietnam has jumped five places to be ranked sixth in A.T. Kearney’s 2017 Global Services Location Index (GSLI).

Online shopping aggregator’s portal of 7 South East markets (iPrice) has just released Vietnam`s E-commerce map.

Vietnam can move up global value chains with the help of higher value added activities and by boosting links between domestic firms and foreign markets and investors, according to two World Bank reports released on September 7.

Trade is a top priority of the Vietnam – Ukraine comprehensive partnership, stated Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc while receiving Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin in Hanoi on September 6.