(VOV) - Vietnam’s export earnings from Mexico in the first three months of the year reached US$292.6 million, up 36.5 percent compared to the same period last year.

The Commercial Office of the Vietnamese Embassy in Mexico said March saw a rise of 17.2 percent to US$94.2 million over last year’s same month.

Vietnam’s imports from Mexico in the first quarter were estimated at US$17.8 million, a year-on-year increase of 47.2 percent over last year’s same period.

Vietnam’s Trade Counsellor to Mexico Hoang Anh Dung said bilateral trade turnover in 2011 exceeded US$1 billion.