Vietnam eyes US$48.1bil exports

The southern hub is encouraging newly-established firms to focus on manufacturing key industrial products with potential during the 2021-2025 period, including in mechanics, rubber-plastic, food-foodstuffs, IT-electronics-telecommunications, garment-textiles, and pharmaceuticals.

Ho Chi Minh City: Vietnam is targeting export revenue of US$48.1bil (RM198bil) this year, giving a boost to the shipment of its key earners.

In the first two months of the year, it pocketed US$7.6bil from exports, a year-on-year increase of 26.5%.