The 154 trade probes against Vietnamese goods are initiated in 19 countries and territories, including the US with 30 cases, Turkey with 21, India with 20 and the EU with 14, among others.

The 2020 socio-economic plan stressed the importance of restructuring the economy by revising the growth model, and accelerating the implementation of major projects that serve as driving forces for growth.

A slowdown in export growth of the foreign-invested sector could have a negative impact on Vietnam’s economy in 2020, according to SSI Securities Corporation, Vietnam’s largest brokerage house.

The US-China trade war may be behind such a record figure.

Tariffs were a major reason behind the decline in US imports from China.