Between January and October, China was Vietnam's biggest exporter of chemicals and chemical products, followed by South Korea, Japan, Thailand and Singapore.
In the same period, the country exported more than 1.6 billion U.S. dollars worth of chemicals and over 1.1 million U.S. dollars worth of chemical products, up 7.5 percent and 24.1 percent, respectively.
Last year, Vietnam spent nearly 5.2 billion U.S. dollars importing chemicals, and roughly 5.1 billion U.S. dollars importing chemical products, mainly from China, said the ministry.
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