According to the Statistics Office, Vietnam's total goods trade reached USD 117.69 billion in September, up 7.3 per cent from the previous month and 42.4 per cent year on year.
Exports rose 8.5 per cent month on month to USD 59.48 billion, while imports increased 6 per cent to USD 58.21 billion.
The figures gave Vietnam a USD 1.27 billion trade surplus in September, marking the return to surplus after nine consecutive months of trade deficits.
Total import-export turnover in the first nine months reached USD 888.02 billion (Photo: Thanh Dong).
In the first nine months, total goods trade reached USD 888.02 billion, up 30.4 per cent from the same period last year. Exports rose 24.5 per cent to USD 434.3 billion, while imports surged 36.7 per cent to USD 453.72 billion.
As imports grew faster than exports, the trade balance for the nine-month period remained a USD 19.42 billion deficit.
Domestic businesses accounted for USD 83.89 billion, or 19.3 per cent, of exports in the first nine months, up 7.5 per cent year on year.
Foreign-invested companies, including crude oil exports, generated USD 350.41 billion, up 29.4 per cent and accounting for 80.7 per cent of total exports.
The US was Vietnam's largest export market during the period, with shipments worth USD 140 billion. China was the country's largest source of imports, at USD 187.34 billion.
Vietnam recorded a USD 122.62 billion trade surplus with the US, up 23.8 per cent year on year. It also posted surpluses of USD 36.06 billion with the EU, up 25.3 per cent, and USD 2.65 billion with Japan, up 85.9 per cent.