Producing garments for export at the TNG Song Cong company in Thai Nguyen province
During the period, the nation’s export turnover rose 6.4 percent year-on-year to 113.2 billion USD, while its import value saw a slight increase of 0.3 percent to more than 110.34 billion USD.
The foreign direct investment sector recorded a trade surplus of more than 14 billion USD, with exports worth 79 billion USD, a 9.2-percent year-on-year increase, and imports worth about 65 billion USD, a 0.1-percent increase.
The domestic sector witnessed a deficit of 11.1 billion USD in the first eight months.
According to experts, the country is likely to fail to meet the target of fetching a total of 181.5 billion USD from exports by year-end or a 10 percent increase from last year.
VNA