• Steady growth in Vietnam-Mexico trade

The recent statistics released by the Trade Office of the Vietnamese Embassy in Mexico showed that Vietnam earned nearly US$467 million from exports to Mexico in this period, a year-on-year increase of 25 percent. 

In May, Vietnam’s export turnover to the Latin American country reached US$96.3 million, up almost 12 percent over the same month last year. 

Vietnam has shipped mainly traditional commodities to Mexico such as garment and textile products, seafood, footwear, printer, coffee and rubber. 

In the first five months of this year, Vietnam imported US$39.8 million worth of commodities from Mexico, up 76.1 percent year-on-year. 

In the context of global crisis, especially the complications of public debt in Europe, Mexico’s economy maintains positive development with GDP growth of 4.6 percent in this year’s first quarter. 

The country reached over US$2.6 billion in trade surplus with foreign countries in the reviewed period.