Vietnam enjoys over 14 billion USD trade surplus in seven months

  • Workers making clothes for export at Thai Binh Maxport textile company. VNA Photo
    Workers making clothes for export at Thai Binh Maxport textile company. VNA Photo
  • Harvesting coffee for export in Gia Lai province’s Dak Doa district. VNA Photo: Vũ Sinh
    Harvesting coffee for export in Gia Lai province’s Dak Doa district. VNA Photo: Vũ Sinh
  • Processing frozen shrimps for export at Minh Phu Company in Ca Mau city. VNA Photo: Kim Há
    Processing frozen shrimps for export at Minh Phu Company in Ca Mau city. VNA Photo: Kim Há
  • Workers package rice for export at a facility of Loc Troi Group. VNA Photo: Vũ Sinh
    Workers package rice for export at a facility of Loc Troi Group. VNA Photo: Vũ Sinh
  • Processing frozen shrimps for export at Minh Phu Company in Ca Mau city. VNA Photo: Kim Há
    Processing frozen shrimps for export at Minh Phu Company in Ca Mau city. VNA Photo: Kim Há
  • Planting bananas for export to Chinese market in Long An province’s Moc Hoa district. VNA Photo: Vũ Sinh
    Planting bananas for export to Chinese market in Long An province’s Moc Hoa district. VNA Photo: Vũ Sinh
Vietnam recorded a trade surplus of 14.08 billion USD in the first seven months of this year, the General Statistics Office announced on July 29. Of the export value, the domestic sector accounted for 27.8% and the foreign-invested sector (including crude oil) accounted for 72.2%. Meanwhile, of the import revenue, the domestic sector contributed 78 billion USD, up 21.5% and the foreign-invested sector saw a rise of 16.9% to 134.9 billion USD. In July alone, the trade value reached 69.72 billion USD, up 8.7% month-on-month and 21.8% over the same period last year. Of the figure, export reached 35.92 billion USD in July, a year-on-year increase of 19.1% while imports rose 24.7% to 33.8 billion USD. The US is Vietnam's largest importer with a revenue of 66.1 billion USD, while China is the country's largest exporter with 79.2 billion USD. VNA Photo

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