In May, the country’s imports of fabrics increased by 23.2 per cent over the previous month and by 14.4 per cent over the same month of last year to $ 1.45 billion.

China was the country’s biggest fabric import market of Vietnam in the first five months of this year with the import value of over $ 2.8 billion, up by 18.2 per cent over the same period last year.

It was followed by South Korea with $ 875.97 million; and Taiwan - $ 678.5 million.

In the first five months of this year, the country’s imports of fabrics from Switzerland increased sharply by 112 per cent to $ 2 million; from Britain – up by 110 per cent to $ 6.6 million; from Malaysia – up by 98 per cent to $ 36.12 million.

However, the imports of fabrics from the Philippines decreased sharply by 77.2 per cent to only $ 0.12 million; from the U.S – down by 18.9 per cent to $ 11 million; and from Pakistan – down by 1.3 per cent to $ 18.23 million.