Ho Chi Minh City earned more than US$3 trillion from exports in the first quarter of this year, a year-on-year increase of 13.9 percent, according to the city’s General Statistic Office.
The domestic sector recorded an increase of 15 percent over the same period last year, and foreign-invested firms, 9.2 percent.

Products posted high growth rates include rice, 21.8 percent (US$121.6 million); dairy products, 84 percent (US$9.6 million); footwear, 7.1 percent (US$57 million); and garments and textiles, 10.3 percent (US$216 million).