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The European Union-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement has redirected bilateral trade patterns and opened new market access since its 2020 implementation, reshaping economic ties between the bloc and Southeast Asia's manufacturing hub.
Two-way trade reached $8.2 billion in H1 2026, with Vietnamese exports growing faster than imports amid strengthening economic partnership
The State Bank of Vietnam set the benchmark USD/VND rate at VND25,306, surpassing the previous August 2025 peak as global dollar strength tests emerging market currencies.
ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office upgrades projection amid strengthening domestic demand and manufacturing recovery across Southeast Asia
The greenback traded at a three-week high Friday while oil prices climbed above $100 per barrel following Houthi attacks on Saudi tankers in the Red Sea.
The greenback rose 0.04% at major commercial banks and climbed further on informal markets as geopolitical risk and rising oil prices bolster safe-haven demand
Vietnam's currency weakened at commercial banks while the greenback maintained strength amid Middle East tensions and global energy supply concerns.
Southeast Asia's manufacturing hub posted accelerating growth in the second quarter, but a widening trade imbalance threatens to constrain its ambitious 10% annual target
