Imports

Vietnam’s Ministry of Finance is considering changing a tax regulation following concerns that the rule has been abused by Chinese exporters to ship a large amount of steel to Vietnam without paying duties.   Currently imported steel with at least 0.3 percent of chrome content will be exempt ...

With nearly half of their exports going to the 11 other countries that are set to sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership with Vietnam, seafood businesses have become the latest supporters of the controversial and secretive free trade agreement. Keep reading ...

China’s apple exporters will have to come up with new, non-controversial packaging if they want to resume sending the fruit to Vietnam, authorities said on 22 October. Keep reading ...

Earlier this month, 12 countries in the Asia Pacific region signed the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) which ranks as the biggest trade agreement in history – signatory countries account for 40% of total global output. While the treaty still must be ratified by each and every party to it, ...

Vietnam has pulled off an impressive feat this year, bucking a global slowdown trend to post an economic growth of 6.5 percent in the first nine months.    But some senior legislators have said the strong growth might not be sustainable, considering the large number of companies ...

The Vietnamese Government has approved the border trade agreement between Vietnam and Laos, which was inked on 27 June 2015 in the central province of Nghe An.The agreement is expected to create a legal basis for boosting bilateral trade in line with the two countries’ ...

Chinese imports slumped by nearly 18 percent year-on-year in September, Customs said on 13 October, in the latest poor figures from the world’s second-largest economy. Keep reading ...

The National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) remains upbeat that the country’s economy will still manage growth of 2.7-3.2% this year as projected. Keep reading ...

Vietnam, whose low-wage economy relies on exports, is likely to be the biggest winner of the Trans-Pacific Partnership that slashes an estimated 18,000 tariffs among the dozen participating countries.   In a decade, the country’s gross domestic product will be boosted 11 percent, or $36 billion, as ...

The rules of origin in FTAs ​​has set high demands that forced Vietnam to consider more active elements of the diversity of markets through restructuring and raising product quality. According to figures from the General Statistics Office, in May 9, 2015, China remains the largest export ...