Mobile phones, electronic products - largest foreign currency earners
Mobile phones and components, computers, electronic products and spare parts are the two largest foreign currency earners of the country, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.
Hanoi (VNA) - Mobilephones and components, computers, electronic products and spare parts are thetwo largest foreign currency earners of the country, according to the GeneralDepartment of Vietnam Customs.
With over 77 billion USD fromexports as of November 15, the two groups of products accounted for more than33.5 percent of the country’s total export turnover.
Specifically, mobile phones andspare parts brought home over 46.3 billion USD, up more than 5.6 percent.
Meanwhile, computers, electronicproducts and spare parts raked in 30.7 billion USD, up 18.6 percentyear-on-year.
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