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.

According to customs statistics, Vietnam’s trade deficit reached approximately US$955 million for the first half of September, reducing the country’s total export surplus since the beginning of the year down to US$2 billion.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh recently returned from a visit to the US, where he headed up a Vietnamese delegation lobbying for an early signing of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement.

Viet Nam ran a trade surplus of US$ 1.81 billion for the first eight and a half months of 2014, according to the Viet Nam Customs./.

To make inroads into non-traditional export markets, where consumers give first preference to Vietnamese products, the country has undertaken an extensive global marketing strategy on a number of fronts that is showing early signs of success.

​The HSBC Trade Confidence Index rose to 120 in the first half of 2014, the highest in three-and-a-half years, according to a report released by the bank on Wednesday.

Vissan, a well-known food producer in Vietnam, is seeking to boost its exports to Myanmar, a potential market in the Southeast Asian region.

Russia has been one of the traditional markets for Vietnamese exports, including farm and seafood products, since the 1990s.

The 6th Electrical Power, Transmission & Distribution Technology Exhibition and Conference opened in Ho Chi Minh City on September 17 with the participation of 182 businesses from 26 countries and territories.

According to the General Statistics Office (GSO), Vietnam’s trade surplus reached US$1.7 billion in the first eight months this year.

With an increase of 1.84%, inflation since the start of the year has been restrained. A range of other indicators have also seen positive signs. Vietnam’s industrial production index in the first eight months of the year increased 6.3% compared with the same period last year.

According to statistics from the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), Vietnamese textile and garment exports earned roughly US$2.2 billion in August, an increase of 0.2% from the previous month and up 20.9% compared to the same period in 2013.

Thanks to favourable legal frameworks from free trade pacts, geographical advantages, and traditional ties Vietnamese companies have ample opportunity to expand exports in Northeast Asia and increase their market share.

Dak Lak have exported coffee bean and instant coffee products to 80 countries as well as territories throughout the world.

Vietnamese shrimp exports to the Republic of Korea (RoK) increased 92.2% since the start of the year, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Processors (VASEP).

McDonald’s opened its third restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City, following the successful operation of the other two in the city.

To make inroads into non-traditional export markets, where consumers give first preference to Vietnamese products, the country has undertaken an extensive global marketing strategy on a number of fronts that is showing early signs of success.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh, Head of the National Steering Committee for International Integration will lead a Vietnamese delegation to visit the US from September 15-19 to discuss important matters on Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations with US partners.

A lack of a master retail plan has caused insecurity and confusion in the local retail sector, leaving many of them losing market share to their foreign rivals, independent market analysts have said.

HanesBrands Inc., an American clothing brand, has decided to outsource its production facilities to Vietnam and close its underwear factory Cartex Manufactura in Costa Rica in November in a bid to maximise profits.

Among export items, footwear fetched US$385.28 million, up 32.37% from the same period in 2013, and coffee brought home US$155.91 million, up 141.8%.