Exports to US increase by 18%

Viet Nam exported US$7.33 billion worth of goods to the US, a year-on-year increase of 18 per cent, the Ministry of Industry and Trade said.

The US remained a key market for Vietnamese products. The country's exports to the market were expected to top $20 billion by the end of the year.

Last year, Viet Nam's exports to the market accounted for 17.4 per cent of the country's total export turnover, reaching $16.7 billion.

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