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Vietnam' s revenue from exports rises 9% in the past eight months
According to the General Statistics Office under the Ministry of Planning and Investment, the total value of Vietnam`s exports reached over 106 billion USD in the past eight months of this year, up 9% against the same period last year.
The domestic sector accounted for 31.7 billion USD of the total export value, decreasing by 2.5%. The foreign-invested sector gained the remaining majority of 74.6 billion USD, representing a 14.7% rise from 2014.
Major hard currency earners with soaring turnover were phones and built-in components (nearly 20 billion USD), garment-textiles (15 billion USD, electronic devices, computers and components (9.9 billion USD), and footwear (8.1 billion USD).
During the period, the US and the EU were Vietnam’s biggest importers, purchasing respective 22.1 billion USD and 20.2 billion USD in goods, up 19.8% and 12.3% year on year.
Meanwhile, ASEAN and Japan reduced their imports from Vietnam by 3 to 5% to 12.3 billion USD and 9.3 billion USD, respectively.
Major hard currency earners with soaring turnover were phones and built-in components (nearly 20 billion USD), garment-textiles (15 billion USD, electronic devices, computers and components (9.9 billion USD), and footwear (8.1 billion USD).
Major hard currency earners with soaring turnover were phones and built-in components (close to 20 billion USD).
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Meanwhile, ASEAN and Japan reduced their imports from Vietnam by 3 to 5% to 12.3 billion USD and 9.3 billion USD, respectively.
