WTO boosts Vietnam's garment trade
HCM CITY — Garment exports have grown at an annual rate of 21.7 per cent in the five years since the country joined the World Trade Organisation, the Viet Nam Textile and Apparel Association said.
Le Tien Truong, its deputy chairman, said exports, which had been worth only US$5.9 billion in 2006, rose to $15.8 billion last year.
Viet Nam has become the second largest garment exporter to the US, third largest to Japan, and fifth largest to the European Union, he said.
