The exports of garments and textiles in 2015 are expected to reach 27.5 billion USD, up 11.3 percent from the same period last year, as heard at a conference in Hanoi on November 26.
Vietnam’s rice exports are likely to reach 6.8 million tonnes in 2015, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Centre for Informatics and Statistics.
Vietnam’s agro-fishery-forestry exports in 2015 is likely to meet the set target of 30 billion USD as total exports in 11 months ending in November reached 27.41 billion USD.
Vietnam has risen to fourth place among instant coffee exporters worldwide in 2015, with total expected shipment of 675,000 tonnes, up 25 percent from previous year.
Exports of handbags, wallets, suitcases, hats and umbrellas have so far been steadily optimistic, helping the industry meet the export target of 2.8 billion USD this year.
Vietnam will reform the structure of export goods and increase quality of export products to strive for sustainable exports and increase its value by this year-end and beyond.
Vietnam recorded a trade deficit of 270 million USD in the first half of November, bringing the total number since the beginning of this year to 3.86 billion USD.
Fruit and vegetable exports are likely to achieve the Government's target of 1.65 billion USD this year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
There is untapped potential for Vietnamese enterprises to export to the United Kingdom, Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Van Thao told a business conference held on November 16 in Hanoi.
Thailand’s rice export prospects are brightening with shipments expected at 9.5 – 10 million tonnes next year, according to the Thai Rice Exporters Association.
Member countries of the Trans-Pacific Economic Strategic Partnership (TPP) will remove tariff on between 78-85 percent of tariff lines for Vietnamese goods immediately after the TPP takes effect.
Malaysia’s exports reached 16.3 billion USD in September, constituting a rise of 8.8 percent compared to the same period last year, and a fourth consecutive month growth.
Limited human resources for socio-economic development is a major challenge in the economic development of the Mekong Delta, which plays a strategic role in food exports and national food security.
The Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu earned nearly 351 million USD from seafood exports in the first 10 months of this year, 100 million USD higher than that of the whole 2014.
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