In the first eight months of this year, Vietnam earned 3.45 billion USD from exporting vegetables and fruits, up 57.5% year-on-year and exceeding last year’s export turnover of 3.16 billion USD.

In the first eight months of this year, five export items posted turnover of more than 10 billion USD, accounting for 58.4% of Vietnam’s total.

Vietnam’s total import-export turnover of goods hit 374.23 billion USD in the first seven months of this year, with the country posting a trade surplus of some 15.23 billion USD.

Vietnam’s garment-textile sector strives to achieve a total export value of 68-70 billion USD, according to the development strategy for the apparel and footwear industry to 2030, with a vision to 2035.

Four export commodities posted turnover of more than 5 billion USD in the first quarter of 2023, accounting for 52.8 percent of Vietnam’s export turnover.

Under a strategy to develop garments, textiles and footwear by 2030 with a vision to 2035, Vietnam aims to gain 38-39 billion USD in export turnover from leather and footwear products by 2030.

Vietnam’s import-export turnover reached 46.56 billion USD in the first month of 2023, down 25% year on year. However, the country still enjoyed a trade surplus of 3.6 billion USD in the month.

As many as 26 commodities posting export turnover of more than 1 billion USD in the first five months of 2022, accounting for 89.6 percent of Vietnam’s export turnover. Of them, six items enjoyed turnover exceeding 5 billion USD, making up 62.3 percent.

Vietnam ran a trade surplus of 2.82 billion USD in the first quarter of this year, higher than 1.5 billion USD recorded in the same period last year, reported the General Statistics Office (GSO).

During the first quarter of 2020, the country recorded eight items with export turnover of over one billion USD, making up 70.6 percent of the nation’s total export value.

Vietnam is expected to post a trade surplus of nearly 6 billion USD in the first nine months of this year.

Export value increases by 6.7% and import value up by 10.3% year-on-year.

In 2018, there were 29 items with export turnover of above 1 billion USD, accounting for 91.7% of Vietnam’s total export value. Of which, 5 items posted export turnover of over 10 billion USD.