VN enjoys trade surplus in Q1

VGP – Viet Nam’s trade surplus in the first quarter of 2014 set a new record of US$1 billion (since 2010), according to the General Statistics Office.

March 24, 2014 3:31 PM GMT+7

In March, Viet Nam earned US$12 billion from export, US$2.46 billion more than the previous month .It brought total export value over the past three months to US$33.34 billion, expanded by 14.1%.

The nation’s import is estimated at US$12.3 billion, up nearly US$2.3 billion from February. It raised total import in the quarterly period to US$32.34 billion, increased by 12.4%.

The Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) sector earned US$8.13 billion in export and US$7.05 billion in import in March.

By Thuy Dung