During the year just gone, Vietnam traded over 264 billion USD worth of goods with close to 240 nations and territories.
The total import-export turnover of the 16 above-mentioned marketsaccounted for almost 90 percent and 88 percent of the nation’s exportsand imports respectively.
The United States, Japan and China are three markets Vietnam has recorded a trade surplus of over 10 billion USD.
The US remains the biggest importer of Vietnamese goods, with a trade surplus estimated at 18.64 billion USD.
Vietnam saw trade deficits of over 10 billion USD with China, the Republic of Korea and Japan last year.-VNA