HANOI, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Phones and components led Vietnamese export items in 2019, with value of 51.8 billion U.S. dollars, posting a year-on-year increase of 5.3 percent and accounting for 19.7 percent of Vietnam's total export revenue, according to the country's General Statistics Office on Wednesday.
In December alone, Vietnam raked in 3.3 billion U.S. dollars from selling the products overseas, up 10 percent on-year.
The country also spent roughly 14.7 billion U.S. dollars importing phones and their components in the twelve-month period, down 7.9 percent.
In 2019, Vietnam's total trade turnover reached 516.96 billion U.S. dollars with export turnover of 263.45 billion U.S. dollars, up 8.1 percent against 2018. The country posted a trade surplus of 9.94 billion U.S. dollars, the highest level in the past four years.
