In the second half of June, Vietnam recorded a trade surplus of nearly US$0.87 billion, taking the figure of the first six months to US$3.36 billion, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs (GDVC).
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Substantially, the GSO had previously estimated a trade deficit of US$100 million in June, causing the trade surplus to narrow to US$ 2.71 billion in the January - June period.
However, by the end of June, a large trade surplus in the last half of the month led to a trade surplus of US$3.36 billion for the first six months, stated GDVC.
Vietnam's trade turnover in the last 15 days of June reached US$19.84 billion, up 4.5% or US$855 million compared to the first half of June.
Overall, the country's import - export turnover in the first half of 2018 at US$225.02 billion, up 12.9% or US$25.72 billion year-on-year.
During this period, Vietnam's export turnover jumped to US$114.19 billion, up 16.3% or US$15.98 billion year-on-year, while imports hit US$110.83 billion, up 9.6% or US$9.74 billion year-on-year.
Of the total, the FDI sector's exports came at US$79.96 billion, up 15.7% year-on-year, and accounting for 70% of Vietnam's total exports. Meanwhile, they spent US$64.87 billion in imports, up 7.5% year-on-year, representing 58.5% of the country's total imports.
This resulted in the sector's trade surplus of US$15.09 billion in the first half of 2018, up 55% year-on-year compared to a surplus of US$8.31 billion in the first half of 2017.
