Vietnam's garment export up again in Q1; only nine imported cases reported on Saturday (April 10)

Workers wrapping up shirts for export at a production line in garment factory in Hanoi. Vietnam raked in nearly US$7.2 billion from exporting textile and garment in the first quarter of this year, up 1.1 per cent against the same period last year. - AFP

HANOI, April 10 (Xinhua): Vietnam raked in nearly US$7.2 billion from exporting textile and garment in the first quarter of this year, up 1.1 per cent against the same period last year, according to the country's General Statistics Office's official data.

In March alone, Vietnam's textile and garment export rose 15.3 per cent year-on-year to around US$2.7 billion.