[Vietnam: exports in May were 28.04 billion US dollars up 0.6 percent month on month] Vietnamese customs said that exports in May were 28.04 billion US dollars, up 0.6 percent from the previous month, and exports from January to May were 135.22 billion US dollars, down 12.3 percent from the same period last year. Imports rose 3.3 per cent in May from a month earlier to $26.04 billion, while imports totaled $125.57 billion from January to May, down 18.4 per cent from a year earlier.