Hanoi, Sept. 3 -- The country's trade turnover in August totalled US$109.7 billion, down 0.1 percent from the previous month but up 31.7 percent from the same period last year.

In the January-August period, export turnover stood at US$374.84 billion, an increase of 22.4 percent compared to the same period last year. Of the figure, the domestic economic sector and foreign-funded sector contributed US$74.47 billion and US$300.37 billion, respectively.

A total of 33 export product groups recorded turnover of more than US$1 billion each, together accounting for 93.6 percent of total export turnover. Seven product groups posted turnover exceeding US$10 billion each, contributing 70 percent of total exports.

Processed industrial products con...