The Import and Export Sub-Department, has received complaints from businesses and business groups about a shortage of containers that has led to an unprecedented increase in shipping tariffs, its deputy director Tran Thanh Hai has said.

Vietnam moved up four grades to become the second largest exporter to the US in 2020, with its export turnover surging 24.5% to an estimated US$76.4 billion.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has obtained a trade surplus of US$19.1 billion in 2020, representing a record high figure over five years in a row, the General Statistics Office announced on December 27.

Export revenue in 2020 is estimated to reach US$267 billion while imports are to reach US$260 billion, resulting in a trade surplus of some US$7 billion, according to Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s total import-export turnover reached approximately US$490 billion during the past 11 months of the year, representing an annual increase of 3.6%, according to statistics released on December 3 by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

Vietnam posted a trade surplus of US$20.1 billion in the first 11 months of this year, the highest on record, despite the adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global economy, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

VOV.VN - Foreign direct investment (FDI) businesses have made a significant contribution to Vietnam’s trade balance during the past 10 months as they obtained an export trade surplus of US$28.92 billion despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN- Vietnam's import-export value during the course of the opening ten months of the year witnessed a slight increase of 2.6% to US$439.82 billion, with exports to the United States reaching up to US$62.34 billion, according to the latest figures released by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

The agro-forestry-fishery sector posted a trade surplus of over US$7.9 billion in the first ten months of this year, up 10.7% year-on-year, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has reported.

VOV.VN - Vietnam recorded a trade surplus totaling US$17.3 billion by mid-October, with import-export turnover during the first half of October reaching approximately US$25 billion, according to statistics released by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.