US tops H1 chicken exports to Vietnam

Seven investigations have been launched Jan-July at the behest of foreign producers claiming unfair competition from Vietnamese goods.

The intensifying trade war between China and the U.S. threatens to derail Vietnam’s export growth with the weakening of the Chinese yuan.

Vietnam’s imports from the U.S. rose 19 percent year-on-year to $6.9 billion in the first half of the year, autos and fruits leading the way.

Police in north-central Vietnam arrested two people who allegedly tried to smuggle in 30 live pangolins from Laos on Monday.

Vietnam’s wood and seafood exports could be the next to attract U.S. tariffs if it fails to prevent goods origin fraud, experts have warned.

Vietnam has asserted that its trade with the U.S. is based on freedom, fairness and timely resolution of problems that arise.

There has been a surge in Vietnam’s exports to the U.S. whose trade war with China continues without an end in sight.

The United States has called on China to curb the development of its state-owned enterprises (SOEs), a demand that China sees as an “invasion” on its economic sovereignty, Chinese state news agency Xinhua said on Saturday.

China has lifted import tariffs on 33 seafood products from Vietnam, including many of the latter’s strongest export items.

Worried Vietnamese owners of Huawei smartphones are considering switching brands after Google suspended business ties with the Chinese brand.

The U.S. Commerce Department said on Friday it may soon scale back restrictions on Huawei Technologies after this week’s blacklisting would have made it nearly impossible for the Chinese company to service its existing customers.

Vietnam and Nepal have signed a visa exemption pact and are set to start direct flights soon.

Vietnamese exports to Russia only grew by 8 percent last year compared to 35 percent the previous year, a Russian official said.