Vietnam, China border trade hits $2.61b in H1

HANOI, July 23 (Xinhua): The total revenue of border trade between Vietnam and China hit US$2.61 billion in the first half of 2014, up 13 per cent year-on-year, according to Vietnam's Border Trade Steering Committee.
Statistics of the committee show that the bilateral border trade maintained uptrend with an average growth of 4 per cent per month.
During the six-month period, Vietnam enjoyed a surplus of $800 million in border trade, up 126 per cent year-on-year, a local online newspaper quoted the committee as saying on Wednesday.
Rice was the item having the largest export revenue during the period. A total of 529,000 tonnes of rice worth some $198 million was exported to China from January to June.