Vietnam registers us$100 million deficit in January.

Vietnam posted a trade deficit of US$100 million in the first month of 2020, the General Statistics Office has reported.

Exports during January fell 15.8 percent from the previous month to an estimated US$19 billion, with the domestic sector having shipped US$6.31 billion worth of goods abroad, down 23.1 percent.

The foreign sector, in the meantime, recorded total revenue of US$12.69 billion, including oil revenue, a decrease of 11.6 percent.

The United States remained the largest buyer of Vietnamese goods, purchasing US$4.8 billion in January, followed by China and the EU with US$3.7 billion and US$2.6 billion, respectively.

Vietnamese exports to ASEAN and Japan were both at US$1.6 billion while exports to the Republic of Korea reached US$1.3...