Garments and textiles topped the list of Vietnam’s major exports to the US, reaching nearly US$1.6 billion, up 5 percent. This was followed by leather shoes earning US$460 million, up 22.6 percent.

However, wood products fell 9 percent and aquatic products were down 16.4 percent in export volume.

Also during the time, US exports to Vietnam totalled US$822.7 million, down 22 percent. As a result, total export-import turnover between Vietnam and the US reached US$4.5 billion, decreasing 4 percent against the same period last year.

Vietnam is one of 30 countries whose US exports have increased in first 4 months of the year. Meanwhile, other ASEAN members saw a drop of 25 percent on average, according to Ngo Van Thoan, Vietnamese Trade Counsellor to the US.