Last week Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said at the Vietnam Development Partnership Forum that the estimated export revenue in 2014 was about three times the figure before Vietnam joined the World Trade Organisation in 2006.
According to the MOIT, trade surplus in the eleven months through November was around US$2.1 billion.
During the period, Vietnam exported goods worth US$137 billion, up 13.7% year on year, with the foreign sector still the main driver of growth, earning revenues of US$92.2 billion
Export revenue by domestic enterprises was US$44.8 billion, up 13% compared with the 3.1% rise posted during the same period in 2013, signaling recovery of the domestic manufacturing sector.
On the import side, the total value was estimated at US$135 billion, with more than half of goods purchased by foreign-invested firms, according to preliminary data by the General Statistics Office.
Main imports during the period were machinery and equipment, garment materials, oil and plastic products.
