The trade balance in the first half of December suffered a deficit of 288million USD.
By December 15, Vietnam’s total export-import turnover reached 333 billion USD,a year-on-year increase of 6.4 percent.
The country exported 167.83 billion USD worth of commodities, up 8.5 percentagainst last year. Of which, foreign direct investment (FDI) made up 70.3percent, equivalent to 117.99 billion USD, representing an annual increase of11.5 percent. -VNA