Vietnam earned 83.98 billion U.S. dollars from the exports, while it spent nearly 82.39 billion dollars for the imports, in the first seven months of this year, according to the latest report from the Vietnam's Customs Administration on Tuesday.

Of the total export value, the top-10 export commodities gained 58.34 billion dollars, or 69.4 percent.

In the seven-month period, telephones and appliances took the lead with an export value of 13.33 billion dollars, an increase of 15.41 percent year on year.

Textile and garments came second, earning 11.5 billion dollars, up 19.5 percent, followed by the footwear with 5.78 billion dollars and 22.46 percent, respectively.

Computers, electronic products and appliances, crude oil, sea food, machines and spare parts, wood-based articles and coffee were among the top-10 exports during the period.

Meanwhile, the country's top-10 import commodities were worth of 55.53 billion dollars, accounting for 67.3 percent of the total import value.

Imports of machines, equipment and spare parts took the lead with 12.48 billion dollars, up 22.7 percent year on year, followed by computers, electronic items and appliances with 9.69 billion dollars, down 2.7 percent, and fabrics with 5.42 billion dollars, up 15.6 percent.

Other imports in the top-10 group included petroleum, telephones and appliances, steel, plastics, materials for garment, textile and footwear production and animal feed. Endi

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