According to Vietnam’s Industry and Trade Ministry, the country earned nearly $7.4 billion from exports to the EU in the first half of the year, a 49% increase over the same period last year, making up 17.5% of the country’s total export value.

Of these exports, footwear exports to the EU earned Vietnam $940 million in the first five months of the year, a year-on-year increase of 16.%,or 40% of the country’s total export turnover from this product category.

The country aims to have an export value of $12.3 billion from the EU by the end of 2011.

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