Trade turnover reached 482.23 billion USD, of which exports reached 244.7 billion USD, an increase of 13.8% compared to 2017.
The country also registered an all-time high trade surplus of 7.2 billion US dollars. In 2018, Vietnam had 9 items with an export turnover of over 5 billion USD and 5 items reached over 10 billion USD. The turnover of agricultural, forestry and aquatic exports exceeded 40 billion USD for the first time, showing a great effort of the Vietnamese agricultural sector despite strong competition in the world market.
It's worth noting that for the first time ever, the domestic economic sector recorded a higher growth rate of export turnover compared to the foreign-invested sector.
