Accordingly, 82.5 percent of the 2019 export target was met,near the growth target of 7 – 8 percent this year.
The trade surplus was estimated at 7.05 billion USD, higherthan 6.83 billion USD recorded last year.
Statistics showed that 29 groups of commodities raked inover 1 billion USD, and five of them earned more than 10 billion USD, namelymobile phones and spare parts (43.5 billion USD); electronics, computers andaccessories (28.8 billion USD); apparel (27.4 billion USD); footwear (14.6billion USD); and machinery, equipment and tools (14.6 billion USD), together accountingfor 59.4 percent of the country’s total exports.
At this rate, it is very likely that 2019 will be the fourthconsecutive year the Vietnamese economy shifts from a deficit to a tradesurplus./.