Vietnam, Singapore trade turnover keeps rising

Two-way trade turnover between Vietnam and Singapore exceeded 11 billion SGD in the first eight months of this year, an increase of 3.5 percent year on year, according to a report.
Two-way trade turnover between Vietnam and Singapore exceeded 11 billion SGD in the first eight months of this year, an increase of 3.5 percent year on year, according to a report.

The Singapore Department of Statistics (DOS) said on October 1 that imports from Vietnam kept a moderate increase of 18.5 percent, reaching 2.1 billion SGD, despite a four percent decline in the country’s total import turnover in the first eight months of 2013.

Telephones, accessories, machineries, equipment and crude oil imported from Vietnam were among products that saw the highest rise.

Meanwhile, Singapore ’s exports to Vietnam hit nearly 9 billion SGD, a slight increase of 0.5 percent over the same period last year, mostly from petrol and other crude oil related products, machineries, equipment and accessories, publications and printing products, according to DOS.

In the first nine months of this year, Singapore businesses invested in 89 projects in Vietnam with a total registered capital of 4.16 billion USD.

As of September, the country ranked second among 100 countries and territories investing in Vietnam with 1.186 projects and a total registered capital of 28.84 billion USD.-VNA

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