Hanoi, July 29 -- Vietnam recorded a trade value of 470.63 billion USD from January 1 to July 15, marking a 16.2% year-on-year increase, according to the Department of Vietnam Customs.

Of the total, exports were valued at 239.19 billion USD, up 14.7% over the same period in 2024, while imports reached 231.44 billion USD, up 17.7% year-on-year.

Vietnam's total import-export turnover in the first half of July was 38.21 billion USD, down 7% compared to the second half of June, the department said.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) enterprises reported 14.83 billion USD in export turnover in the first half of July, a drop of 13.5% from the latter half of June. On the import side, they posted 13.84 billion USD in the reviewed period, up 4.4%....