On January 12, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has signed Decision 38/QĐ-TTg approving the scheme on reforming the model of quality inspection and food safety inspection for imported goods. The main goal of the scheme is to facilitate procedures, reduce the time and compliance cost for the business; protect the legitimate rights and interests of business organisations and individuals and consumers, as well as to improve the efficiency of quality inspection and food safety inspection for imported goods.more

The Vietnam Customs Statistics announced that in the second half (16-31/12/2020) of  December-2020 , Vietnam’s total exports of  US dollars 15.3 billion and imports  of  US dollars 14.68 billion resulted in a trade surplus of US dollars 625 million. Accordingly, the total value of export and import turnover of Vietnam in the second half of December was US dollars 29.98 billion, up by 17.9% as compared to the first half of this month.more