HO CHI MINH CITY, May 7 (Xinhua): Foreign direct investment ( FDI) in the first four months of the year helped Vietnam enjoy a trade surplus of US$683 million, tantamount to 1.5 per cent of the country's total export value, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) on Wednesday.
Vietnam earned an estimated $45.74 billion from exports in four months, a year-on-year increase of 16.9 per cent.
During the reviewed period, the country shifted its focus on exporting processed industrial and farm products rather than fuels and minerals.
Export earnings from agro-forestry and fisheries products grew by 14 per cent to $7.0 billion, and those from processed industrial products rose by 19.4 per cent to $33 billion. Meanwhile, fuels and minerals dropped by 10.5 per cent to $2.9 billion in export value.
FDI helps maintain Vietnam\\\'s trade surplus in Q1
FE Team | Published: May 08, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00
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