Last year over 3.5 billion USD was spent importing CBU (completely built unit) mobile phones in Vietnam, with 1.6 billion USD for iPhones alone.

Vietnam produced a trade surplus of US$6.35 billion in the first four months of the year, announced the General Statistics Office (GSO) on April 29.

Hanoi was named among the country’s top 10 localities in exports in 2022 in the latest annual report on imports and exports unveiled by the Ministry of Industry and Trae (MoIT) on April 27.

The MXV Index has at times witnessed a sharp fall of 10 percent compared with late last year.

Inflation is still high in many countries, leading to the trend of monetary tightening and interest rates which are expected to continue to increase in the first half of the year.

Imported seafood is no longer the food of the rich. Vietnamese are consuming more seafood from Japan, Australia, South Korea and Canada.

Despite decreases in both imports and exports, the country still enjoyed a trade surplus of 3.6 billion USD in the first month of 2023, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Vietnam has been continuously listed among the group of 30 countries and territories with the largest import and export value on a global scale, according to the rankings compiled by the World Trade Organization (WTO).

The country’s exports amounted to US$342.2 billion while its import spending totaled US$331.6 billion between January and November, generating a trade surplus of US$10.6 billion, according to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam.

Vietnamese electronic computers and component exports to the United States during the initial 10 month of the year surged by 26.4% to reach US$13.23 billion against the same period from last year.

There have been signs since September showing that export growth in many sectors has begun to slow down.

Businesses are struggling to get new export orders although, since the beginning of the year, export turnover has reached US$288 billion, up 17.3 percent compared to this time last year.