The above figure include nearly US$14.3 billion in export revenue in the first half of July.
Key export items included phones and accessories (US$1.86 billion); machines, equipment and tools (US$1.84 billion); textiles (US$1.8 billion); computers, electronics and spare parts (US$1.66 billion); and footwear (US$1.09 billion).
Meanwhile, Viet Nam paid US$16.3 billion to buy commodities abroad with key items being computers, electronics and spare parts (US$3.84 billion) and machines, equipment and tools (US$2.1 billion).
By mid-July, the nation reported a trade surplus of around US$1 billion./.