In the first five months of 2014, Dong Nai recorded around $4.98 billion in export earnings, a surge of 16.1 per cent per year, driven by high-value garments, wooden products, iron, steel, machinery and coffee.— Photo vietstock

DONG NAI (Biz Hub) — The southern province of Dong Nai earned over US$1 billion from exports in May, with a massive $931 million made by foreign-invested firms, a trade official has reported.

The state and domestic private sectors contributed $98 million and $13 million, respectively, according to Deputy Director of the provincial Department of Industry and Trade Nguyen Van Quan.

In the first five months of 2014, Dong Nai recorded around $4.98 billion in export earnings, a surge of 16.1 per cent per year, driven by high-value garments, wooden products, iron, steel, machinery and coffee.

The high performance is in part due to a series of trade promotion events that the sector has hosted in and outside the country since the beginning of this year. — VNS