HANOI, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam imported nearly 4.6 million tons of various kinds of oil and petroleum products totaling over 2.8 billion U.S. dollars in the first half of this year, experiencing respective year-on-year declines of 35.4 percent and 39.7 percent, its Ministry of Industry and Trade said on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, the country imported 805,000 tons of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) worth 435 million U.S. dollars, up 9.4 percent in volume and up 4.7 percent in value against the same period last year.

Vietnam also spent 467 million U.S. dollars importing other products made from oil, down 5.4 percent.

Last year, the country spent over 7.6 billion U.S. dollars importing nearly 11.4 million tons of various kinds of oil and petroleum products, down 12.1 percent in volume but up 7.8 percent in value against 2017, according to its General Statistics Office.

It also spent 841 million U.S. dollars importing more than 1.4 million tons of LPG, gaining respective year-on-year increases of 18.3 percent and 4.9 percent. Enditem