Netherlands - Vietnam economic cooperation 2013Q3
Bilateral trade increased with 6% while the trade deficit for the Netherlands further increased. With 10.8% of total EU-Vietnam trade, the Netherlands remains the 3th EU trading partner, after Germany and the UK. The main export products from Vietnam to the Netherlands include mobile phones and other electronics.
Dutch Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) totalled USD 39.4 million over the first 3 quarters of this year, which is less than the USD 66.6 over the same period last year making the Netherlands the 4th EU investor (after Denmark, France and Germany). However, the Netherlands is still the biggest cumulative EU investor (USD 6 billion).
Source: HollandinVietnam