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HANOI, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's export revenue to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is expected to hit 35 billion U.S. dollars in 2013, an official said here Thursday.
During a conference on seeking business opportunities for Vietnamese enterprises in ASEAN market, Le Hoang Oanh, deputy head of Trade Promotion Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, said that the country's import revenue from ASEAN is expected to be reach 40 billion U.S. dollars in 2013.
However, Vietnam-ASEAN trade turnover remained limited compared to the two sides' potentials due to lack of tax and tariff information among businesses, according to Oanh.
Vietnam's major exports to ASEAN include rice, crude oil, petrol, steel, mobile-phones, equipment and accessories, among others, said the report released at the conference.
At the conference, trade experts from ministries, sectors and businesses discussed measures to further take advantages of ASEAN market, including applying science and technology to reform products, increasing product quality and identifying market opportunities, said the report.
ASEAN is the third largest good-exporting market of Vietnamese companies after the United States and European Union, Vietnamese local Voice of Vietnam radio reported.
Source: Xinhua
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