Of the figure, Vietnam exported $ 135.56 million worth of goods to Laos, up by 0.3 per cent year – on – year. 

The major items exported by the country to Laos in the first quarter of this year included iron and steel of all kinds - $ 25.33 million, up by 51.5 per cent; petroleum of all kinds - $ 20.77 million, down by 22.6 per cent; means of transport and spare parts - $ 13.63 million, up by 6.1 per cent; iron and steel of all kinds - $ 8.88 million, up by 12.1 per cent; machines, equipment and spare parts - $ 8.35 million, up by 18 per cent; fertilizer of all kinds - $ 4.11 million, up by 25 per cent; plastic products - $ 2.9 million, down by 28.2 per cent; fruits and vegetables - $ 2.6 million, up by 28.7 per cent; cement and clinker - $ 2.1 million, down by 24 per cent; confectionery and grain products and grain products - $ 2.1 million, down by 3.4 per cent; ceramic and porcelain products - $ 1.8 million, up by 20 per cent; electric wires and cables - $ 1.5 million, up by 11 per cent; paper and products - $ 1.1 million, up by 9.7 per cent; textiles and garments - $ 860,000, down by 44.3 per cent; ordinary metals and products - $ 676,000, down by 37.6 per cent; non – wooden furniture - $ 331,000, up by 175 per cent; and coal – $ 160,000, down by 94.7 per cent.

Also in the first quarter of this year, Vietnam imported $ 117.5 million worth of goods from Laos, up by 16.3 per cent year – on – year. The main items imported by the country from Laos in the first quarter of this year were fertilizer of all kinds - $ 10.3 million, up by 16.6 per cent; wood and furniture - $ 6.2 million, up by 143.2 per cent; ores and minerals - $ 5.5 million, down by 32.7 per cent; other ordinary metals and products - $ 4.3 million, up by 156.2 per cent; and corn - $ 137,000, down by 39 per cent.