Le Viêt Nam, aujourd'hui

The Ministry of Finance has decided to impose a 4 percent tariff on imported petrol products after maintaining a zero tariff for 11 months to stabilize prices.

Vietnam's trade deficit in 2012 is expected to stay at $13 billion, equal to about 12 percent of total exports, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

In the first eight months of this year, Vietnam's goods import from China is estimated to have increased by over $3 billion from the same period last year, to touch $15.2 billion, according to the general Department of Vietnam Customs.

Vietnam recorded a trade deficit of $200 million or less for the second straight month, after the government devalued the nation's currency in February by the most since at least 1993 to help reduce the gap.

Although the country's exports have made remarkable progress, the danger of the ballooning trade deficit is still threatening Vietnam, experts said at a conference on the trade policy for the stable development of Vietnam held Tuesday by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

New Vietnamese rules on imports of cosmetics, alcohol, cell phones and other items amount to non-tariff barriers and may breach the country's international trade obligations, trade groups, lawyers and diplomats said on Friday.

Le déficit commercial du Vietnam a enregistré une légère baisse au premier trimestre alors que le régime communiste cherche à stabiliser une économie en difficulté, selon des statistiques préliminaires publiées vendredi.

Vietnam imported 339.86 tons of gold from 1998 to September this year while exporting 268.86 tons during the period, central bank governor Nguyen Van Giau said in a statement Monday, citing customs statistics.

General Department of Vietnam Customs has recently released report on import and export activities in April 2010.

Vietnam will limit imports not essential to the economy and try to increase exports to quickly narrow the trade deficit, prime minister Nguyen Tan Dung said.