Hanoi, March 27 -- Amid a rapid restructuring of global supply chains and increasingly stringent market standards, Vietnamese goods must now meet requirements not only for quality but also for transparency, responsibility and innovation to strengthen competitiveness. According to preliminary data from the Department of Vietnam Customs, the country's total import-export turnover in the first half of March 2026 reached 41.23 billion USD, up 78.9% (18.18 billion USD). Export value alone totalled 20.35 billion USD, rising 98.1% compared with the second half of February. As of March 15, Vietnam's total exports reached 96.81 billion USD, up 17.1% year-on-year. Assessing the results, Dr Nguyen Quoc Viet, a public policy expert at the University ...