Car imports plummet in August

The government will get tough with goods being exported to the U.S. under Vietnamese labels to avoid tariffs on Chinese imports.

100 bags with six tons of pangolin scales were found hidden in two containers labeled dry cashew nuts shipped from Nigeria on Thursday.

The Ministry of Finance has proposed that scrap stuck at ports is auctioned and/or re-exported towards mitigating adverse environmental impacts.

The seizure is part of a large-scale crackdown on drug trafficking via air and courier services.

The officer refused to plead guilty, saying the $42,000 police seized came from donations for his sister's funeral.

Many businesses only learn about the changes after they have already taken effect, leading to heavy penalties.

The containers were likely to have contained contraband, and were slipped out under the radar.

The official behind the ban says jeans are for cowboys, not civil servants.

The customs warehouse manager tried to replace more than 150 kilos of ivory with a fake batch.

But it will also seek the right to negotiate other trade deals, a possible sticking point in the talks.

The illegal haul was cleverly hidden in her luggage and worth an estimated VND2 billion ($88,000).

'It's not just customs procedures; unofficial fees to complete administrative procedures quickly and conveniently are rife across all sectors.'

In the long run, top buyer China's imports are forecast to fall to 4.5 million tons in the marketing year to June 2018.