In the first 7 months of this year, the total export and import turnover of our country reached more than 439 billion USD, an increase of 17% over the same period last year. Although there are many clear signs of improvement, import and export enterprises are also facing many challenges such as: high freight rates, or requirements related to emission reduction from developed countries. The event "Connecting import and export enterprises" in Hai Phong took place. From garment, seafood to spare parts, components..., many enterprises were present early at the event to find solutions for their businesses.

Mr. Nguyen Van Nhan - General Director of Viet Au Mechanical Joint Stock Company said: "I want to learn about logistics. Because recently logistics has had fluctuations in prices and transportation. We are a business specializing in exporting to Japan and the US, so logistics is very important, affecting our prices and competitiveness."

Mr. Tran Anh Tuan - New World Fashion Group shared: "Coming to today's conference, I am particularly interested in the ESG issue, because our foreign customers are putting a lot of pressure on us to implement all programs and action plans to achieve ESG criteria, from now until the end of 2024".

Understanding these concerns of import-export enterprises, the event was divided into many discussion sessions, with topics of interest to many people such as World Economy & Vietnam, Solutions to adapt to fluctuations in Logistics, or ESG & Carbon Credit. According to experts and management agencies, this is the time for enterprises to take advantage of opportunities, catch up with trends and manage risks well.

Mr. Tran Thanh Hai - Deputy Director of the Import-Export Department, Ministry of Industry and Trade commented: "First of all, in optimizing the supply chain through finding reliable logistics partners, to establish a long-term relationship, on the basis of which we have a stable freight rate. Second, businesses need to have response scenarios in case of market fluctuations".

With the participation of nearly 300 senior leaders of Vietnamese and FDI enterprises, the event is expected to be a channel for sharing and exchanging useful information with the goal of supporting import-export enterprises to grow stronger and reach further into markets around the world.

According to VTV