Vietnam is becoming a global automotive tyre manufacturing hub, with the export turnover of technical rubber products expected to reach 4 billion USD in 2024, according to Nguyen Quoc Anh, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City Rubber and Plastics Manufacturers Association.

The northern city of Hai Phong recorded a year-on-year rise of 15.01% in the index of industrial production (IIP) during the first seven months of 2024, a fast pace compared to some other localities, statistics show.

Plastics & Rubber Vietnam 2023, an international plastics & rubber technologies and materials exhibition, kicked off at the International Centre for Exhibition in Hanoi on July 25.

The 11th Hanoi International Plastic, Rubber, Printing, and Packaging Industry Exhibition (Hanoi PlasPrintPack 2023) was opened in Hanoi on June 8, attracting 200 companies with 340 booths.

The World Bank (WB) has approved 60 million USD in credit for Cambodia to assist the country in improving solid waste and plastics management.

The 20th Vietnam International Plastics and Rubber Industry Exhibition (VietnamPlas 2022) opened in Ho Chi Minh City on November 23 with both offline and online displays.

Vietnam is currently heavily dependent on the import of PVC resins - input materials in the construction plastic production chain. In the second half of this year and 2023, Vietcombank Securities Co (VCBS) forecasts that a low PVC price will support profit margins of businesses.

Thailand will ban the import, production and sale of beauty products containing plastic microbeads, effective from Januar 1, 2020, the Ministry of Public Health announced on December 24.

The Vietnam Industrial and Manufacturing Fair 2019 opened in the southern province of Binh Duong on June 12 with more than 200 booths introducing materials and equipment for major industries such as manufacturing, processing, packaging, plastics, construction and energy.

Malaysia is one of the export markets in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) holding the most potential for Vietnam, especially for agricultural products, seafood, foodstuff, and beverages, experts noted at a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on May 22.

Trade turnover between Vietnam and the Czech Republic reached 1.17 billion USD in 2018, according to the Czech Statistical Office.

Thailand is eyeing economic opportunities at the 17th Meeting of the ASEAN-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementing Committee (AKFTA-IC) in Seoul from February 12-14.

Plastic exports grew by 17.3 percent to over 3 billion USD in 2017 and are expected to expand by 12-15 percent this year, according to the Vietnam Plastic Association (VPA).

Improving the quality of domestically-produced goods is critical for Vietnam to compete with imported products from and narrow the trade deficit with Thailand, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

The Vietnam Plastic Association has predicted that plastic exports will grow 6 percent in 2017, with major market being Japan and the US.

The 2016 International Plastics and Rubber Industry Exhibition opened at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre, HCM City on September 28.

More than 320 companies from around the world will participate in a plastic and rubber industries exhibition opening in HCM City next month.

Korean leading manufacturer Woojin Plaimm will supply machines and maintenance services to Minh Nguyen support industry company under their agreement signed in Ho Chi Minh City on March 2.

Two major exhibitions on support industries opened on March 1 at the Saigon Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC) in Ho Chi Minh City, attracting 510 domestic and international exhibitors.