Ho Chi Minh City exported over 9.8 billion USD worth of products in 2004, representing a 33.6-percent year-on-year increase.The city exported 1.02 million tonnes of rice for 225.6 million USD, achieving a year-on-year rise of 21.9 percent thanks to the increase of 30.9 percent in rice prices

Vietnamese electronics exports have experienced a much-larger-than-expected growth this year following effective promotion programs, figures have shown.

On the occasion of the ASEAN summit in Laos' Vientiane, the online Nov. 28 edition of Xinhuanet, China's news agency, posted an article recognizing Vietnam's role and contributions to the development of ASEAN.

The Mekong Delta's export growth is threatened by a silt build-up in its major waterway that makes the canal inaccessible to large ships, leaving authorities digging around for a solution.

The Vietnamese shrimp producers association VASEP recently demanded the U.S. Department of Commerce (DoC) classify the sizes of Vietnamese shrimp being imported in order to calculate anti-dumping taxes.

Vietnamese wooden furniture exports to Japan are increasing faster than any other woodwork-exporting country, the Japanese External Trade Organization (JETRO) said recently.

Japanese trading company Sojitz Corp. is expanding its production of wood chips in Vietnam by setting up a third joint venture with Vinafor, a Vietnamese state-owned company, reported Nikkei newspaper Oct. 19.

Vietnam has surpassed Indonesia to become the biggest exporter of shrimp to Japan, a Vietnamese Seafood Exporter and Producers (VSEP) official said Tuesday.

Vietnam's Fisheries Ministry and the Republic of Korea's port city of Busan will continue increasing its seafood trade transactions and expanding cooperation in the aquatic sector, according to a Sept. 16 protocol.

"If the world's market still has a vast demand for rice, and the export price is high, Vietnam can increase its rice export volume to raise farmers' incomes," says deputy head of the Agricultural Department (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) Phan Huy Thong. Mr Thong assumes that the food security will not be affected if Vietnam manages to exceed its rice export target of 3.5 million tonnes this year.