The country’s exports amounted to US$342.2 billion while its import spending totaled US$331.6 billion between January and November, generating a trade surplus of US$10.6 billion, according to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam.

Vietnamese electronic computers and component exports to the United States during the initial 10 month of the year surged by 26.4% to reach US$13.23 billion against the same period from last year.

There have been signs since September showing that export growth in many sectors has begun to slow down.

Businesses are struggling to get new export orders although, since the beginning of the year, export turnover has reached US$288 billion, up 17.3 percent compared to this time last year.