VOV.VN - Fruit and vegetable exports during the past eight months stood at an estimated US$3.5 billion, up nearly 56% over the same period from last year, hitting a record high for the fruit and vegetable industry, according to statistics released by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s import-export value from the beginning of the year to August 15 stood at an estimated US$402 billion with a trade surplus of US$16.25 billion, reported the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - China spent a total of US$30.8 billion importing various kinds of goods from the Vietnamese market during the first seven months, with fruit and vegetable imports reaching US$2 billion, up 128% on-year, according to statistics compiled by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - While key seafood export items including shrimp and pangasius have endured a significant decline, several other products such as oysters and sea cucumbers have enjoyed a sharp rise in export volume and value, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - Vietnam spent US$4.3 million on importing more than 29.56 million tonnes of coal during the opening seven months of the year, representing an increase of over 10 million tonnes against the same period last year, according to figures given by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s tuna exports to Italy in June witnessed a 12-fold rise thanks to preferential tariffs implemented under the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), according to details given by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - Vietnam exported nearly 153,000 tonnes of pepper worth more than US$483 million during the first half of the year, thereby representing a rise of nearly 24% in volume, but down 13.7% in value on-year, according to the latest data released by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - Despite coffee exports to several markets seeing a decline in the first half of the year, coffee exports to Algeria and Indonesia witnessed a three-digit growth compared to the same period from last year, according to statistics compiled by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - The Republic of Korea (RoK) and Japan have become the two largest importers of Vietnamese wood pellets, consuming more than 95% of Vietnam’s total export volume of the product, according to the Vietnam Timber and Forest Product Association.

VOV.VN - The General Department of Vietnam Customs seized over more than a tonne of narcotics and detained 148 people in 140 related cases over the first six months of the year.