In the second half of September, Vietnam's trade surplus reached US$930 million, resulting in a trade surplus of US$6.32 billion year in the first nine months of 2018, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs (GDVC).
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This resulted in a trade turnover of US$352.61 billion in the first nine months of 2018, up 13.7% or US$42.44 billion year-on-year.
The country's export turnover in the second half of September reached US$10.85 billion, up 6.1% compared to 15 days earlier, resulting in total export turnover of US$179.47 billion as of the end of September, up 15.8% or US$24.44 billion year-on-year.
Export turnover of the FDI sector in the second half of September increased by 3.2% or US$245 million to US$7.83 billion compared to the first half of September.
The figure brought total export value of the FDI sector to US$126.63 billion in the nine months through September, up 15.8% year-on-year or US$17.29 billion, accounting for 70.6% of Vietnam's total export value.
Meanwhile, Vietnam's import value in the second half of September was reported at US$9.92 billion, up 6.2% or US$575 million compared to the first half of September.
In the January - September period, total import turnover stood at US$173.14 billion, up 11.6% or US$18 billion year-on-year.
The FDI sector's import turnover in the second half of September reached US$6.01 billion, up 2.8% or US$265 million compared to the first 15 days of September.
Overall, total import turnover of foreign companies in the first nine months of 2018 amounted to US$103.8 billion, up 11.5% year-on-year or US$10.72 billion, equivalent to 59.9% of Vietnam's total import turnover.
