SOM3 has brought together senior representatives from Canada, Việt Nam, Japan, Singapore and the European Union (EU) to discuss practical pathways for strengthening regulatory cooperation, enhancing digital trade interoperability, improving supply chain resilience and promoting investment.
Sustainable cross-border exports require long-term planning rather than short-term sales ambitions, while intellectual property protection should begin long before products enter overseas markets.
Held on the sidelines of VIETLAO EXPO 2026, the seminar aimed to help businesses explore trade and investment opportunities and foster cross-border production and supply chains.
Prime Minister Lê Minh Hưng called for a shift from removing business bottlenecks to building a stronger institutional framework, unveiling six priority tasks to foster a more transparent and predictable business environment.
The Việt Nam-EFTA FTA is one of the longest-negotiated trade agreements in Việt Nam''s history, reflecting its broad and ambitious commitments across trade, investment and sustainable development.
The event brought together nearly 20 Vietnamese businesses as well as representatives from Algerian 15 enterprises, trade organisations and media outlets.
The US was Việt Nam''s second-largest supplier of agricultural products, with export turnover reaching US$4.7 billion in 2025, a remarkable increase from less than $3.5 billion in 2024, Fruitnet said, citing a new report by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
The Department of Customs requested regional customs sub-departments to provide maximum facilitation and ensure same-day customs clearance for exported agricultural, forestry and fishery products, including outside regular working hours.
Việt Nam’s fruit and vegetable imports rose nearly 30 per cent year on year to almost US$1.6 billion in the first half of 2026, outpacing export growth and reflecting strong domestic demand for imported produce.
The FTA would widen access to markets with strong demand for premium food products in line with the country’s strategy of shifting exports towards increasing added value.
The EUDR, which requires companies to prove that products placed on the EU market are not linked to deforestation, will make comprehensive farm-level traceability a prerequisite for exports.
China has become Việt Nam''s largest agricultural export market, with fruit and vegetable exports reaching about US$5.5 billion last year, accounting for 64 per cent of the country''s total exports of the products.
The market is becoming a crossroads where traditional life meets modern technology. And in that current, what changes is not only how people buy and sell, but how they adapt to a world that moves a little more every day.
