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Post estimates Vietnam’s cotton imports for marketing year (MY) 2018/2019 down to 1.51 million metric tons (MMT), or 6.9 million bales, due to lower demand for cotton yarns from major importers....

African swine fever (ASF) was first detected in Vietnam in February 2019 and has spread to all 63 provinces in Vietnam.

Vietnam's modern retail sector saw significant disruption in 2019 when two leading modern retailers, Auchan and Shop&Go, terminated their operations in Vietnam and were sold to two local companies....

On August 30, 2019, Vietnam’s Ministry of Health (MOH) issued Circular 24/2019/TT-BYT regulating the management and use of food additives.

Vietnam issued Circular 21/2019/TT-BNNPTNT Guiding a Number of Articles of the Animal Husbandry Law on Animal Feed, which will take effect on January 14, 2020.

This report provides an update of the food and agricultural laws and regulations currently in force in Vietnam.

This report provides an overview of the health and quarantine certificates needed for exporting food and agricultural products to Vietnam.

In marketing year (MY) 2019/2020, Post forecasts wheat imports at 4.5 million metric tons (MMT), and estimates MY18/19 at 4 MMT.

Post projects a slight increase for soybean imports at 1.83 million metric tons (MMT) for marketing year (MY) 2019/20 (calendar year [CY] 2019) and 2 MMT for MY 2020/21 (CY 2020).

Vietnam is the third country in Asia (after China and Mongolia) to report an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF).