Despite an overall export decline due to the shortage of orders, foreign direct invested (FDI) businesses still posted more than US$14 billion in trade surplus in the first four months, further affirming their role as the main growth driver of the economy.

Vietnam earned some US$15.66 billion from agro-forestry-aquatic product exports in the first four months of 2023, down 13.3% year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

VOV.VN - Vietnam produced a trade surplus of US$6.35 billion in the first four months of the year, announced the General Statistics Office (GSO) on April 29.

Six groups of products posted an export revenue of over US$1 billion to the US market in the first quarter of this year, with the group of machinery, equipment, tools and spare parts topping with US$3.98 billion, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese import and export turnover of goods reached US$30.78 billion during the second half of March, representing a fall of 15% against the same period from last year, with the country posting a trade surplus of US$1.97 billion, according to statistics released by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

Major targets for the first quarter of 2023 were basically reached, with political security, macro-economic stability and major economic balances maintained, inflation controlled, security-defence and social order ensured, and external relations and international integration strengthened, stated Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

VOV.VN - With the country's total import-export turnover reaching nearly US$123 billion between January 1 and March 15, Vietnam enjoyed a trade surplus of roughly US$3 billion, according to figures released by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is estimated to have recorded a trade surplus of US$2.82 billion during the initial two months of the year, according to the latest report released by the General Statistics Office (GSO) on February 28.

VOV.VN - From the beginning of the year to February 15, the country's total import-export turnover reached US$72 billion, with export turnover standing at US$37 billion, and a trade surplus hitting US$1.68 billion.

State budget collection from export-import activities in January topped VND24.8 trillion (US$1.07 billion), or 5.8% of the estimate, down 42.3% annually, reported the General Department of Vietnam Customs (GDVC).