Rules of Origin

Logistics for Deep-Processed Agri-Food: How Can Vietnam Keep More Value at Home?

In 2024, Vietnam’s agriculture, forestry and fisheries exports reached about US$62.4–62.5 billion, up nearly 19 percent from 2023, generating a record trade surplus of roughly US$18–18.6 billion. At the same time, the domestic food and beverage processing industry expanded to around US$79 billion, growing by more than 7 percent annually - a clear sign of a shift from raw exports toward higher-value products.

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Cross-Border E-Commerce Logistics: How Can Vietnamese Products “Go Global but Stay Close”?

Cross-Border E-Commerce Logistics: How Can Vietnamese Products “Go Global but Stay Close”?

Vietnam’s e-commerce market exceeded USD 25 billion in 2024, accounting for about 10 percent of total retail sales and keeping the country among the top three e-commerce markets in Southeast Asia. More importantly, total cross-border online trade reached around USD 4.1 billion in 2024, including USD 1.7 billion in online exports, which are expected to grow by 18 percent to roughly USD 2 billion in 2025.

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C/O và quy tắc xuất xứ: Vì sao “tẩy nhãn” không thể biến hàng thành xuất xứ Việt Nam

C/O và quy tắc xuất xứ: Vì sao “tẩy nhãn” không thể biến hàng thành xuất xứ Việt Nam

Những cáo buộc về “đổi/rửa xuất xứ” thường gây hiệu ứng truyền thông mạnh vì đánh đúng nỗi lo lớn nhất của một nền kinh tế định hướng xuất khẩu: chỉ cần bị nghi ngờ “tiếp tay” cho hàng đội lốt, toàn bộ doanh nghiệp làm ăn chân chính cũng có thể bị vạ lây.

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Certificates of Origin and Rules of Origin: Why “label cleaning” cannot turn goods into Vietnamese origin

Certificates of Origin and Rules of Origin: Why “label cleaning” cannot turn goods into Vietnamese origin

Claims about “origin laundering” spread fast because they hit a strategic nerve: in an export-driven economy, a perception problem can punish compliant manufacturers along with bad actors. Yet amid heightened international scrutiny, one point must be made clearly: origin is not a label

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Tax and Cross-Border Supply Chain Optimization

Tax and Cross-Border Supply Chain Optimization

Taxes are not just a financial burden—they are also a strategic factor in global supply chain design. As multinational companies constantly seek competitive advantages through the distribution of manufacturing, storage, and distribution activities, tax optimization becomes a tool to realign the value flow—from goods to after-tax profits.

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Enhancing Regional Cooperation – A Key to Upgrading Supply Chains

Enhancing Regional Cooperation – A Key to Upgrading Supply Chains

Amid geopolitical instability and mounting pressure on global supply chains, strengthening regional cooperation—particularly through frameworks like the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the upgraded China–ASEAN relations—has become a crucial driver for improving connectivity, logistics, and the overall efficiency of regional supply chains.

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Tariffs and U.S. Market Pressures – Export Diversification: Now or Never?

Tariffs and U.S. Market Pressures – Export Diversification: Now or Never?

We have seen that global trade is increasingly unstable, especially with the return of a tough trade policy from the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump. Vietnam’s footwear industry is facing a strategic question: continue relying on traditional markets or proactively open up new export channels to the world? If the answer is diversification, then the time is clearly... now.

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Vietnam’s Footwear Industry In Vietnam - U.S. Trade Relations: Breakthrough Opportunities or Trade Barriers?

Vietnam’s Footwear Industry In Vietnam - U.S. Trade Relations: Breakthrough Opportunities or Trade Barriers?

Trade relations between Vietnam and the United States are entering a new phase with policy adjustments from both sides. As one of the key export sectors to the U.S. market, Vietnam’s footwear industry is facing opportunities to expand its market but also encountering increasingly stringent technical barriers.

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ASEAN aiming at prosperous life

ASEAN aiming at prosperous life

(VLR) Over 5 decades of developments, ASEAN has become an active economic community with the population of over 630 million people and with the total GDP of over USD 3,100 bn (2019) - the fifth largest economy in the world. The achievement came from contributions for business community- from regional large enterprises to medium- sized, small-sized and super small-sized enterprises; from enterprises owned by young businesspeople, start-up businesses and woman-owned business as well.

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Vietnam’s determination to implement TPP

Vietnam’s determination to implement TPP

(VLR) (Vietnam Logistics Review) According to government’s evaluation, TPP plays an important role in Vietnam, both in economic, politics and society, as a result of 7- year negotiation process. To date, although this agreement has not yet become effective, it starts bringing some real benefits for Vietnam.

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Taking advantage of FTA and Incoterms 2010 An opportunity to develop Vietnam’s import-export and logistics

Taking advantage of FTA and Incoterms 2010 An opportunity to develop Vietnam’s import-export and logistics

(VLR) According to the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Vietnam has joined 8 Free Trade Agreements (FTA) both bilateral and multilateral. And 6 other FTA’s are under negotiation, especially the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) will be signed at the end of 2013 and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership-RCEP is scheduled to be signed in 2015. If Vietnam fully implements all agreements signed from now up to 2018, Vietnam GDP will have 3 percentage points of GDP increase, and pure profit reaches USD 2.4 billion/year!

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