The import figure for the month was 28.92 billion USD, a month-on-month rise of 24.4%.
The aggregate export revenue in the first quarter of 2023 fell 11.9% from a year earlier to 79.17 billion USD, while imports plunged 14.7% to 75.1 billion USD.
Such figures indicate Vietnam recorded a trade surplus of 4.07 billion USD in the first three months of the year.
Government revenue from export-import activities during the period reached 91.267 trillion VND (3.9 billion USD), equivalent to 21.5% of the target and down 17% from last year.