HANOI, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam spent over 5.3 billion U.S. dollars importing completely-built automobiles and components for assembly in 2017, down 10.5 percent against 2016.

Specifically, Vietnam imported 94,000 completely-built automobiles worth nearly 2.2 billion U.S. dollars, posting respective declines of 16.8 percent and 9.6 percent, according to the country's Ministry of Industry and Trade on Friday.

The country imported 113,567 completely-built automobiles, mainly cars and trucks, totaling approximately 2.3 billion U.S. dollars, in 2016. Meanwhile, Thailand was Vietnam's biggest automobile supplier with 34,336 vehicles, followed by India, South Korea and China. Enditem