Viet Nam achieved a trade surplus of US$6.5 billion in the first seven months of this year, including $1 billion in July, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
Viet Nam reported an estimated trade deficit of US$176 million in the first two months of the year, according to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO).
The economy grew at 6.7 per cent in the second quarter. The foreign-invested sector is considered a key player in helping Viet Nam achieve such growth rates through its exports.
Viet Nam recorded a trade surplus of US$2.8 billion in the first 11 months of 2017, mainly contributed by the foreign-invested sector, according to a General Department of Customs report.
The central province of Thua Thien-Hue shipped US$530 million worth of products to foreign countries in the first eight months of 2017, a year-on-year surge of 21.16 per cent.
The total foreign direct investment (FDI) registered in the country
topped US$20.23 billion in 2014, according to the Ministry of Planning
and Investment''s Foreign Investment Agency.
The southern province of Dong Nai earned US$6.053 billion from exports
in the first half of this year, a 15.8 per cent rise year-on-year,
fulfilling 50.8 per cent of its yearly target.
The foreign-invested sector has highlighted the northern Thai Nguyen
province''s upbeat economic picture in the first quarter of 2014,
according to the municipal Department of Planning and Investment.
A 36 per cent increase or US$22.34 billion in foreign direct investment
(FDI) was registered in 2013, the Ministry of Planning and Investment''s
Foreign Investment Agency''s revised report noted.
The central coastal province of Khanh Hoa posted export turnover of more
than US$860 million in the first nine months, exceeding its yearly plan
by 8 per cent.