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Durian Wars: Vietnam Set to Overtake Thailand in Chinese Market Within Three Years​

SATURDAY, JANUARY 03, 2026

After commencing formal exports to China in 2020, Vietnam’s durian exports reached $3 billion in 2024. In just three years, its market share in China soared from 0% to over 40%.
Vietnam shares a land border with China that makes logistics cheaper. We can deliver faster than Thailand.
Plus, thanks to the industrial scale production of durian or banana or any fruit we can produce fruits in any desired quality and quantity.
My vision is to sign up a food security deal with the Chinese.
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China – Vietnam freight train volume hits record​


05/01/2026 10:06

(VNA) – Cross-border freight trains departing from China’ Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to Vietnam carried a record of 37,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in 2025, surging 86% from a year earlier.

The Nanning Railway Logistics Centre said that demand for cargo rail transport between the two countries continued to rise sharply last year, with the types of transported commodities increasing from 262 to 455.

Cargo on this route currently accounts for 73% of the total volume exported to Vietnam by rail and 86% of the container volume shipped to the country by this means of transport, up 5 percentage points and 2 percentage points from 2024, respectively, statistics show.

To meet growing cross-border trade demand, China’s railway sector last year raised the towing capacity of trains on the Pingxiang (Guangxi) – Dong Dang (Vietnam) route from 1,000 tonnes to 1,300 tonnes, helping boost the Pingxiang railway border gate’s customs clearance capacity by 30%.

The train operating plan has also been optimised, increasing the number of trips each week from three to 14. That has helped ensure stable transport capacity to support cross-border trade.

With its swiftness, convenience, and efficiency, the China – Vietnam freight rail route is becoming an important transport channel for Chinese businesses to stretch their reach to ASEAN markets. It is favoured also thanks to stability, credibility, and reasonable costs, suitable for less-than-container load shipment to ASEAN.

In the time ahead, the Nanning Railway Logistics Centre plans to step up reforming the customs monitoring model at Nanning International Railway Port, thereby further simplifying clearance procedures, cutting logistics expenses, and improving customs efficiency to promote the quality of the cross-border rail route between the two countries.
 

U.S. stock market update: AMC Robotics' expansion plan in Vietnam boosts stock price, soaring 13.81% in a single day​

Tracking Unusual Activity2026.01.07 19:41



AMC Robotics rose 13.81%; SMX Security Matters rose 84.24%, with a transaction volume of USD 439 million; Tianhong Technology fell 0.10%, with a transaction volume of USD 292 million; Fabrinet fell 2.69%, with a transaction volume of USD 181 million; TE Connectivity fell 1.22%, with a market value of USD 67.2 billion.

U.S. Stock Market Midday Update
 
AMC robotics makes robot dogs.
(@Mr X I notice the thread is now in normal, is there any reason?)
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Looks interesting
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The US released trade data till October last year.
Vietnam buys more, the US buys more.
$145,7 billion deficit
Trump seems not worried too much about any deficit with Vietnam.
 
Hanoi looks much cleaner and more organized than Saigon. Why many bikers have no helmets?
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Surprise
Intel and Synopsis Vietnam begin production of 3nm chips.

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Vietnam, Israel begin direct flight linking the two countries. The Jews no longer need to stop over in the Middle East or Singapore.
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Serial production of diesel engines
fully automatic at Kim Long Motor

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The women behind carmaker Vinfast
This year will be make or break.
Haiphong plant will increase to 950,000 cars a year, all 4 plants will likely reach 2 million cars a year combined.
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Le Thi Thu Thuy, Chairwoman of VinFast
 
Rạmjet engine is being developed by Viettel Aerospace Institute for future supersonic / hypersonic missile. Just a rumour, but well-documented rumour.

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Interesting. “American first” Trump fires the current ambassador and nominates a woman to the next US ambassador to Vietnam. Can she speak Viettic?

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