The FDI sector posted exports of US$26.2 billion in the January – February period, up 5% year-on-year and accounting for 67% of Vietnam’s exports.

Vietnam’s exports to key markets such as the US and EU sharply rebounded across many sectors.

Vietnam’s external trade decreased 1.4% year-on-year to nearly US$240.12 billion in the six-month period.

Growing Chinese investment to Vietnam could turn the Southeast Asian country into a transshipment point for China to reroute its exports to a third country.

The record US$13.5 billion trade surplus in the eight-month period far exceeded the unprecedented figure of US$11.12 billion last year.