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Exports from the Republic of Korea (RoK) to Vietnam have rocketed this year, despite declines in other major export markets like China and Japan.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) has set an export turnover target of 181.5 billion USD for 2016, a 10 percent increase compared with 2015.

The US Department of Commerce on September 7 announced its final decision on the results of its ninth administrative review for anti-dumping duties on frozen shrimp imported from Vietnam.

Vietnam's tuna industry saw a 6.7 percent dip in export value for the first eight months of this year due to decreasing demands, according to the General Department of Customs.

Tilapia, Vietnam’s 10th biggest farmed fish currency earner, holds promising potential on the back of infrastructure, farming techniques and market connectivity.

The southern province of Dong Nai posted nearly 800 million USD generated through outbound shipments to the ASEAN market within the past eight months.

Representatives from about 70 Vietnamese and Egyptian enterprises shared information on business opportunities at a forum in Cairo on September 7.

Vietnam's exports of telephones and their components hit nearly 20 billion USD, a year-on-year increase of 31.1 percent, in the first eight months this year.

Vietnam witnessed a trade surplus of 14.56 billion USD with the US in the past seven months, according to the latest statistic from the General Department of Customs.

The export tax for sliced cassava was reduced from 5 percent to zero last weekend after the Finance Ministry released Circular No. 141 on revising the tax.

Malaysia recorded a boost in both import and export in July, according to Malaysia’s Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI).

Industrial zones (IZs) in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho have 220 projects in operation, with total registered investment capital of some 1.96 billion USD.

The RoK’s Trade Minister Yoon Sang-jick called for the early approval of free trade agreements (FTA) with Vietnam and China in a bid to reverse export downturns on September 3, according to Yonhap.

Much needs to be done from now through the end of the year to meet the export growth target of 10 percent, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

Vietnam aims to achieve an average annual export growth rate of 11 to 12 percent during the 2015-20 period to achieve 300 billion USD in export value by 2020.

Falling exports are putting pressure on the tea industry to enhance product quality amid rapid international integration associated with growing harsh competition.

Vietnam earned approximately 106.3 billion USD from exports in the past eight months of 2015, up 9 percent from the same period last year.

Myanmar will resume rice export in mid-September after suspending it for domestic reserve early August due to severe flooding across the country.

China is a promising market for Vietnamese seafood exporters despite difficulties and challenges, experts said at a recent conference in Ho Chi Minh City organised by the VASEP.

Raising bivalve molluscs for export is currently a promising potential for Vietnam as global markets have a growing appetite for the product and the total domestic farming area could be enlarged.