Export value in the first nine months of 2018 increased 15.4 % year-on-year while import turnover was up 11.8 %. Trade surplus reached 5.39 billion USD.
Positive signs have been seen in the three areas of agriculture, industry, and service so far this year, while inflation was also controlled to under 4 percent as targeted.
Vietnam could earn about 239 billion USD in export revenue in 2018, up 10 – 12 percent from last year, analysts said, thanks to the favourable domestic and international economic context.