On December 22, 2021, within the framework of the 5th session of the VKFTA Joint Committee for Implementation in Seoul, Korea, the Minister of Industry and Trade of Vietnam and the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy of the Republic of Korea. on behalf of the Governments of the two countries to sign the Note to exchange and amend the Product Specific Rules specified in Appendix 3-A of the Vietnam - Korea Free Trade Agreement (VKFTA).

This is one of the highlights of the 2022 E-Commerce Index Report (EBI) recently released by the Vietnam E-commerce Association (VECOM).

Some information about new EU regulations

According to the announcement of Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) on May 19, 2022, from May 23, 2022, this country will lift the ban on the export of palm oil products (including palm oil products). CPO oil and cooking oil) was applied from April 28, 2022 with the aim of stabilizing domestic cooking oil prices which were at a high level, avoiding social unrest at that time.

The Vietnam Trade Office in the Netherlands would like to inform Vietnamese businesses that are importing pork and poultry products from the Netherlands a fake website: https://lunenburgvleesbv.com/

The continued application of a safeguard measure may reduce competitive advantage, there is a risk of losing part or all of the export market to the domestic industry of Indonesia and/or to competitors from other countries.

Currently, Vietnam only exports milled rice to the Nordic region. Although export turnover is not much, accounting for only 3.1% of the import market share in Northern Europe, but with an impressive growth rate, an average of 54%/year in the period 2016-2020.

According to the statement of Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) on the afternoon of April 24, 2022, from Thursday, April 28, 2022, the country will ban all exports of crude palm oil (CPO) and cooking oil with an indefinite ban period. The Indonesian government will continue to monitor and evaluate the implementation of this ban in order to ensure that the amount of cooking oil in the country is plentiful and at a reasonable price.

In order to support the promotion of widespread e-commerce application in enterprises, cooperatives, business households and the community, Thai Binh Department of Industry and Trade deploys the contents of Official Dispatch No. 390/SCT-QLXNK dated April 15, 2022.

According to the warning from the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) and the self-recall information of Interdragon International Trading Limited and Assia Oriental Market Limited, fruit jelly candy products ( XZL Milk Fruit Jelly School Bags) containing the food additives Carrageenan (INS 407), Sodium Alginate (INS 401) and Konjac (INS 425) are recalled due to the risk of physical suffocation when used.