Cell phones and accessories were leading the list of items exported by the country to Russia in the period with the export turnover of $ 300.8 million, up by 43.2 per cent over the same period last year. It was followed by textiles and garments with $ 51.9 million, up by 146.47 per cent; coffee - $ 37.8 million, down by 18.14 per cent.

Meanwhile, the country’s exports of computers, electronics and components reached $ 33.5 million, up by 16.6 per cent; and footwear - $ 27.9 million, up by 10.82 per cent.

In the first four months of this year, Vietnam’s exports of rice to Russia rocketed by 2,354.48 per cent to $ 4.1 million while the exports of rubber to Russia were down by 5.73 per cent to $ 3.1 million.

Last year, the bilateral trade exchange between Vietnam and Russia reached $ 2.7 billion, up by 25 per cent over the previous year. The figure of the first four months of this year was up by 30 per cent year – on – year to $ 1.1 billion. The two countries are expected to raise the bilateral trade exchange to $ 10 billion in 2020.