Vietnam 2015 crude oil export volume eases 0.6pc

HANOI: Vietnam's crude oil exports this year dipped an estimated 0.6 percent from a year ago to 9.25 million tonnes, or 186,000 barrels per day, the government said on Saturday.

Crude oil export revenue for the full year plunged 47.3 percent to $3.81 billion, the General Statistics Office said.

Oil product imports rose 18.7 percent to an estimated 10 million tonnes, with the value falling 29 percent to $5.34 billion, the office said in its monthly report.

Vietnam also imported an estimated 1.13 million tonnes of liquefied petroleum gas in 2015, up 21.2 percent from a year ago, it said.