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Vietnam garment and

textile exports increase

9.8pc in 4 months

In the first four months of the current year, exporting During the months of January and April, largest Vietnam
garments and textiles have gained Vietnam more garments and textile importers included Japan, the United
than USD9.4 billion that is an increase of 9.8pc on States, South Korea and the European Union.
year on year basis.
The increase in revenue was significant due to the
Last month, by selling the products offshore, a gain strong market demand and because many orders
of USD2.3 billion and 7.1pc increase was made by were already placed for the first 6 months of the
the country. existing year or even the whole year.

May/June 2019