HANOI, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's total import-export turnover reached 445.12 billion U.S. dollars in the first five months this year, up 25 percent year on year, according to the report released Wednesday by the National Statistics Office (NSO).
During the period, the Southeast Asian country's exports rose 19.5 percent year on year to 215.66 billion dollars, while imports increased 30.8 percent to 229.46 billion dollars.
The United States remained Vietnam's largest export market, with shipments valued at 69.6 billion dollars, the NSO said.
Meanwhile, China was Vietnam's largest import market, with import turnover totaling 92.6 billion dollars. ■
