In the first half of October, Vietnam's trade surplus reached US$39 million, resulting in a record favorable trade balance of US$6.33 billion year to October 15, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs (GDVC).
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This resulted in a trade turnover of US$372.87 billion in the year through October 15, up 13.9% or US$45.5 billion year-on-year.
The country's export turnover in the first half of October reached US$10.18 billion, down 6.2% or US$667 million compared to 15 days earlier, resulting in total export value of US$189.6 billion as of October 15, up 15.6% or US$25.6 billion year-on-year.
Export turnover of the FDI sector in the first half of October decreased by 6.6% or US$518 million to US$7.31 billion compared to the second half of September.
The figure brought total export value of the FDI sector to US$133.93 billion year to October 15, up 15.5% year-on-year or US$17.94 billion, accounting for 70.6% of Vietnam's total export value in the period.
Meanwhile, Vietnam's import value in the first half of October was reported at US$10.14 billion, up 2.3% or US$224 million compared to the last half of September.
As of October 15, the country's import turnover stood at US$183.27 billion, up 12.1% or US$19.8 billion year-on-year.
Meanwhile, total import turnover of foreign-invested companies as of October 15 amounted to US$109.95 billion, up 12.1% year-on-year or US$11.85 billion, equivalent to 60% of Vietnam's total import turnover.
As a result, FDI companies in the Southeast Asian country enjoyed a trade surplus of US$23.98 billion year to October 15, reaffirming their vertebral importance in Vietnam's external trade as well as macroeconomic stability.
