Total import-export turnover through border gates of northern Lao Cai province, which borders China, reached nearly US$1.7 billion in 2020, equal to 94% of the previous year.

VOV.VN - The nation’s export of leather, footwear, and bag products last year reached US$20 billion, representing a decline of 10% compared to figures from 2019 due to a drop in the number of export orders in major markets, according to statistics released by the Vietnam Leather and Footwear Association (Lefaso).

Vietnam earned US$3.26 billion from exporting fruit and vegetables in 2020, a year-on-year decline of 13%, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has reported.

VOV.VN - Domestic firms shipped over 1.37 billion medical face masks of various types abroad throughout 2020, according to statics compiled by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - Vietnam exported a total of 137,000 tonnes of tea worth US$220 million throughout 2020, representing a decline of 0.4% in volume and 6.8% in value compared to the previous year, with Pakistan being the largest consumer of local green tea, according to figures released by the Import and Export Department.

VOV.VN - Following the implementation of several free trade agreements (FTAs), shrimp exports in 2021 are anticipated to increase by 15% compared to last year, to reach over US$4 billion in revenue, according to insiders.

Vietnam, for the first time in decades, has signed a contract with India to buy 70,000 tonnes of 100-percent broken rice from India to meet increasing demand of this kind of rice in the domestic market for producing animal feed.

VOV.VN - Russia moved to ramp up pepper imports from major markets, including Vietnam, along with India and Indonesia, during the past 10 months of last year, with imports from the country reaching 6,100 tonnes worth US$15.54 million, according to the Russian Federal Customs Service.

VOV.VN - The nation’s rubber exports reached an estimated figure of 1.75 million tonnes in 2020 with a value of USS$2.38 billion, representing an annual rise of 2.8% in volume and 3.5% in value compared to 2019, with the average export price at US$1,362 per tonne, an increase of 0.7% from a year earlier.

In the first 11 months of this year dragon fruit exports fell by 10% because of the COVID-19 pandemic but still dominated Vietnamese fruit exports with shipments of more than US$1 billion.