In the first 11 months of the year, the country’s external trade hit US$472.36 billion, up 7.3% compared to the same period in 2018, and recorded an all-time high trade surplus of US$10.94 billion.

Vietnam has a great opportunity to surpass Thailand in rice export this year.

Vietnam has actively engaged in discussions and proactively proposed flexible solutions in many areas to achieve a high-quality agreement that balances all interests.