Of the figure, goods exports earned US$205.9 million, up 5.28 percent while service exports were US$122.5 million, up 19.9 percent. Key export items with a high growth include children’s toys (up 9.11 percent), coffee (up 9.04 percent), garment (up 10.65 percent), frozen seafood (up 12.8 percent) and footwear (up 0.7 percent).

The city’s imports in the past five months fell by 21.59 percent to US$222.2 million. The city’s Department of Industry and Trade said that imports fell as this year the city did not import petroleum. However, imports of other products such as chemicals and steel have risen slightly.

The department also said that the total retail value of goods and services in the past five months reached VND5,950 billion, up 20.1 percent and accounting for 45.9 percent of the set plan.