HANOI, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam posted an estimated foreign trade value of 29.78 billion U.S. dollars in the first half of January, up 5.4 percent year on year, with a trade surplus of 0.38 billion dollars, according to the General Statistics Office on Monday.

As of Jan. 15, export revenue stood at 15.08 billion dollars, up 4.1 percent, while the import revenue increased 6.8 percent year on year to 14.7 billion dollars.

Exports posting earnings of more than 1 billion dollars included telephones and components; electronics, computers and components, garment and textile, and machinery, equipment, tools and spare parts.

To achieve the goals on foreign trade set by the National Assembly, the General Statistics Office proposed that the Ministry of Industry and Trade should continue to improve mechanisms and policies to create a favorable macro environment for exports.

It is necessary for the ministry to pen additional tax incentives, especially for machinery and equipment purchased from the markets with which Vietnam is running a trade surplus, the office said. Enditem

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