Men load rice bags to a ship for export at a rice processing factory in Vietnam's southern Mekong delta, Vietnam July 6, 2017. (Reuters file photo)HANOI: Vietnam had a trade surplus of $2.2 billion in October, much higher than the government's forecast of $900 million, the customs department said on Wednesday. Exports in October rose 4.9% from a month earlier to $20.3 billion, while imports edged down 0.7% from September to $18.1 billion, Vietnam Customs said on its website. Vietnam exported $174.5 billion of goods in the first ten months of 2017, up 21.3% from a year earlier, while imports rose 21.6% in the same period to approximately $172 billion, leaving a surplus of $2.6 billion.

Source: Bangkok Post November 08, 2017 09:14 UTC