Mobile phone export turnover hits new record high
Vietnam exported a total
of 15.1 billion USD worth of mobile phones and spare parts in the first
nine months of this year, an increase of 75.5 percent as compared with
the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Industry and
Trade (MoIT).
Mobile phones and spare parts topped the list of
Vietnamese export items and are likely to surpass the target of
exporting 20 billion USD for the whole year, said Chaiman of Vietnam
Electronic Industries Association Le Ngoc Son.
The European Union
was the largest importer of Vietnamese mobile phones and spare parts,
reaching 5.4 billion USD in the past nine months, a year-on-year
increase of 71 percent.
The rise in export volume was attributed to
the foreign-invested enterprises which account for 99 percent of mobile
phone production, said Luu Quang Khanh, Director of Service Economy
Department under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.-VNA