Vietnam's Trade Deficit With China $11 Billion In Jan-Oct Period - Report

Vietnam's Trade Deficit With China $11 Billion In Jan-Oct Period - Report

HANOI -(Dow Jones)- Vietnam's trade deficit with China stood at $11 billion
in the first 10 months of this year, higher than the
country's<http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-mark...od-report#>overall trade deficit of $8.4 billion, state media said Friday.

Vietnam's imports from
China<http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-mark...od-report#>came
up to $19.5 billion in the January-October period, up 30% from a year
earlier, reported the Thanh Nien newspaper, citing figures from the Vietnam
Customs Department.

China's largest exports to Vietnam in the period included fabrics,
computers, electronics, steel and oil products, the report said.

China has been Vietnam's largest trading partner since 2004. Vietnam's
trade deficit with China was $12.72 billion last year.

-By Vu Trong Khanh, Dow Jones Newswires; +84 4 35123042; trong-khanh.vu@
http://dowjones.com