VN-Brazil trade passes $1.4b

HA NOI — Two-way trade between Viet Nam and Brazil reached more than US$1.4 billion last year, up 53.8 per cent over 2010, said Brazil's Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade.

Viet Nam exported nearly $647 million to Brazil, up 36.6 per cent. Key export staples included footwear, frozen fillet fish, rubber, cement, auto types and electric engines.-VNS