A container is loaded onto a cargo ship while docked at Hai Phong port, in Hai Phong, Vietnam, April 16, 2025. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

HANOI, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Vietnam's exports in November fell 7.1% from October to $39.07 billion, government data showed on Saturday.

Imports in the month fell 3.7% from the previous month to $37.98 billion, translating into a trade surplus of $1.09 billion, the National Statistics Office said in a report.

Compared with the same month last year, November exports rose 15.1%, while imports were up 16.0%.

Consumer prices in November rose 3.58% from a year earlier, the NSO said, while industrial production climbed 10.8%.

For the first 11 months of this year, exports rose 16.1% to $430.14 billion, while imports were up 18.4% to $409.61 billion, resulting in a trade surplus of $20.53 billion, it added.

(Reporting by Khanh Vu; Editing by Sam Holmes)