Two US Under-Secretaries of Agriculture Alexis Taylor and Jenny Moffitt on February 28 made a fact-finding trip to a pomelo growing farm in Cat Que village of Hanoi’s Hoai Duc district which is noted for growing sweet, juicy pomelos.

Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai has called on the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to promote the approval process for irradiation facilities so as to facilitate the export of Vietnam’s fresh fruits to the US.

Vietnam is on track this year to bump Britain from its long-time place among the US’s top seven goods trading partners, according to an article run by Bloomberg on December 19.

More than 90% of Tra fish (Pangasius hypophthalmus) available in the US market comes from Vietnam, said Vietnamese Trade Counsellor in the US Do Ngoc Hung citing statistics from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).

North America is a promising market, but it is not easy to be successful because there are many rivals there.

Vietnamese electronic computers and component exports to the United States during the initial 10 month of the year surged by 26.4% to reach US$13.23 billion against the same period from last year.

Four pomelo planting areas in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau have been granted planting area codes, enabling them to export green-skin pomelo to the US.

The United States has risen to become the country’s second trading partner, with trade turnover exceeding US$100 billion.

Data from the Ministry of Industry and Trade shows the US and China are the two largest trading partners of Vietnam.

Mangoes, longans, lychees, dragon fruit, rambutans, star apples, and pomelos are the seven different kinds of Vietnamese fruit which have been granted the green light to enter the US market so far.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is authorizing the importation of pummelo fruit from Vietnam into the U.S.

Vietnam has become the third largest supplier of coffee to the U.S. over the first eight months of 2022, reported the General Department of Customs.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade said the DOC is receiving applications for the POR19 on Vietnamese pangasius for the period from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2022.

The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has once again announced the extension of the deadline for issuing its final conclusion on an anti-dumping and anti-subsidy tax evasion investigation into hardwood plywood imported from Vietnam.

The US Department of Commerce is determined to maintain anti-dumping tariffs on frozen warm water shrimp imports from Vietnam, China, India and Thailand,

The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has announced to extend the time to consider requests for the anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duty evasion investigation for stainless steel plates imported from Vietnam.

In 2020, Vietnam overtook China as the largest woodwork supplier of the United States, which is the world’s biggest woodwork consumer.

Vietnam’s annual shrimp exports to the United States have exceeded US$1 billion for the first time, with nearly 90,000 tons in 2021, up 20% year-on-year, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP). 

Vietnam is emerging as one of the largest suppliers of footwear and leather accessories to the United States, opening more opportunities for domestic companies to exploit the world’s largest market for these goods.

According to a market research by Forest Trend, in the first five months of this year, the number of new FDI projects in wood industry totaled 49 projects, of which there were 32 projects belonging to wood processing field.