Bilateral trade between Singapore and Vietnam reached S$27 billion (RM83.7 billion) in 2021 amid Covid-19 pandemic

Vietnam's President Nguyen Xuan Phuc waves after the conclusion of the Vietnam-Singapore Business Dialogue at Shangri-la Hotel on Feb 25, 2022. - The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE, Feb 27 (The Straits Times/ANN): The Covid-19 pandemic saw a steep drop in the number of travellers between Singapore and Vietnam for the past two years, but the volume of trade between the two countries continued to grow at a steady pace.

Bilateral trade between Singapore and Vietnam reached S$26.9 billion last year, an 18.7 per cent increase from the year before, Second Minister for Trade and Industry Tan See Leng had announced.