Hanoi, April 4 -- Total export and import turnover reached 249.5 billion USD during the first quarter of 2026, up 23% from a year earlier, the National Statistics Office (NSO) under the Ministry of Finance reported on April 4. The sum consists of 122.93 billion USD in exports and 126.57 in imports, respectively increasing 19.1% and 27%. That resulted in a trade deficit of 3.64 billion USD, compared to a surplus of 3.57 billion USD recorded in the same period last year. During the first three months, domestic enterprises posted 24.47 billion USD in exports, falling 16.6% and accounting for 19.9% of total overseas shipments, while foreign-invested firms reported 98.46 billion USD (including crude oil), up 33.3% and making up 80.1%. Twenty p...