trade balance

Update news trade balance

Vietnam records trade surplus of 1.39 billion USD as of August 15

In the first half of August, the trade balance had a deficit of more than 100 million USD, but from the beginning of the year to August 15, the country had a trade surplus of 1.39 billion USD.

Vietnam trade turnover exceeds $493b as of mid-December

Vietnam’s trade turnover reached more than US$493.7 billion from the beginning of this year to mid-December, statistics from the General Department of Customs revealed.

 

US asks Vietnam to cut import tariffs on agricultural products

The proposed tariff cut is aimed to balance bilateral trade relations.

VN National Assembly wants trade not to run into deficit deeper than 3% of exports

Vietnam recorded a trade surplus in the past four years, but the National Assembly (NA), wary of uncertainties over global trade conflicts, has set the target of containing the country’s trade deficit versus its total export value below 3% for 2020.

Vietnam’s trade deficit hits US$1.3 billion

Vietnam’s trade balance sustained an estimated deficit of up to US$1.3 billion during May, leading to the total trade deficit amounting to US$548 million for the year’s first five months.

Vietnam must take advantage of trade deals

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tran Tuan Anh, Minister of Industry and Trade talks to the newspaper Hai Quan (Customs) on how to make the best use of  free-trade agreements that have been signed.

RoK proposes trade balance with Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Ahn Chong Ghee has expressed his government’s desire to strike a trade balance between the two countries.

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