Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, petroleum products, fertilizer, steel
products, raw cotton, grain, cement, motorcycles
Imports - partners:
China 15.6%, Singapore 12.4%, Taiwan 11.7%, Japan 11.1%, South
Korea 9.7%, Thailand 6.5% (2005)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$11.92 billion (2006 est.)
Debt - external:
$21.86 billion (2006 est.)
Economic aid - recipient: $2.8 billion in credits and grants pledged by international donors for 2000 (2004)
Currency (code):
dong (VND)
Currency code:
VND
Exchange rates:
dong per US dollar - 16,037 (2006), 15,746 (2005), (2004), 15,510
(2003), 15,280 (2002)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Vietnam