Le Viêt Nam, aujourd'hui

Cambodia's total exports to Vietnam had risen 54.87 per cent in 2011 year-on-year, officials said.

Vietnam's trade deficit narrowed sharply to $9.5 billion in 2011, the lowest level in a decade, government estimates showed Wednesday, though concerns over the country's economic stability remain.

Coffee beans from Vietnam, the world's largest producer of the robusta variety, are trading at a premium to the price in London after futures fell and farmers delayed sales, three traders said.

Vietnam’s trade deficit narrowed in October from September, which may ease pressure on a currency that declined last week to the weakest level since at least 1993.

Vietnam revised its trade balance for September to a deficit of $1.5 billion, the Vietnam Customs Department said late Monday.

Vietnam recorded a $1.1 billion trade surplus in July, the first surplus in the latest 28 months, according to the general Customs Department of Vietnam.

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.

Belgium is a bridge between Vietnamese and European businesses and is a potential market for Vietnamese products, said Belgian ambassador to Vietnam, Hubert Cooreman.

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.

HANOI — Surging exports kept Vietnam's trade deficit relatively steady at 12.4 billion dollars this year, the government said on Tuesday, but concerns over the country's economic stability remain.

Vietnam-France bilateral trade turnover surged strongly in first nine months of this year, reaching 1.56 billion euro, up 19 percent from the same period last year and it is expected at 1.99 billion euro in 2010, higher than 1.74 billion euro of 2009, according to Vietnamese trade counsellor in France, Pham Xuan Yen.

Trade deficit remains a matter of concern in the context when foreign exchange reserves of Vietnam have become smaller.

Vietnam's trade deficit more than tripled in the first six months of 2010 compared with the same period last year as trade rebounded after the global downturn, official data said Friday.

Vietnam's trade deficit widened in March from February as imports climbed.

The global economic crisis caused a 26 percent slump in trade between Cambodia and Vietnam through November, but officials in both countries expect a strong rebound this year, national media reported Wednesday.