{"id":38601,"date":"2026-08-18T04:21:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T04:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/38601\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T04:21:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T04:21:07","slug":"vietnam-netherlands-trade-tops-6-7bln-in-first-five-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/38601\/","title":{"rendered":"Vietnam-Netherlands trade tops $6.7bln in first five months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text-justify\">Two-way trade between Vietnam and the Netherlands reached<br \/>\nmore than $6.7 billion in the first five months of 2026, up nearly 22%<br \/>\nyear-on-year, according to customs data.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-justify\">Vietnam\u2019s exports to the Netherlands totaled $6.4 billion,<br \/>\nrising 23.2%. The Netherlands has remained Vietnam\u2019s largest European trading<br \/>\npartner for several years, marking its third consecutive year in the top<br \/>\nposition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-justify\">Several export categories recorded strong growth during the<br \/>\nperiod. Shipments of toys, sporting goods and parts surged more than 412%,<br \/>\nwhile wood and wooden products increased 114%. Fruit and vegetables rose nearly<br \/>\n48%, and textiles and garments grew 18.6%.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-justify\">The Vietnam Trade Office in the Netherlands said the figures<br \/>\nreflected a trend of European importers shifting orders to Vietnam as they<br \/>\ndiversify supply sources beyond traditional markets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-justify\">Despite continued economic uncertainties, the office expects<br \/>\nVietnam\u2019s exports to the Netherlands to maintain positive momentum in the<br \/>\nsecond half of the year. Dutch consumer confidence improved from -46% in May to<br \/>\n-35% in July, the strongest improvement in more than 11 years. Meanwhile,<br \/>\ninflation eased from 3.5% in May to 3.2% in July.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-justify\">The launch of Vietnam Airlines\u2019 direct Hanoi-Amsterdam<br \/>\nservice in mid-June is also expected to boost tourism, trade and investment<br \/>\nties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-justify\">Vietnam\u2019s exports to the Netherlands are projected to grow<br \/>\n18-22% in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two-way trade between Vietnam and the Netherlands reached more than $6.7 billion in the first five months of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38602,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2174,66,25124,742,25126,25127,25132,25125,25129,25130,25128,25131,7081,68,6,131,802,25123,25122,25121],"class_list":["post-38601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-netherlands","tag-breaking-news","tag-business","tag-commodity","tag-corporate","tag-economic-news","tag-equity-markets","tag-finances","tag-financial-market-news","tag-foreign-exchange-news","tag-fund-markets","tag-industrial-news","tag-initial-public-offerings","tag-international-relations","tag-investing","tag-netherlands","tag-news","tag-politics","tag-securities","tag-vietnam-economic-times","tag-vietnam-netherlands-trade"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}