A positive economic growth rate in the first quarter indicated strong efforts of both the government and the society in maintaining business production while combating the Covid-19.

A survey in the manufacturing and processing in Q1 revealed nearly 60% of enterprises saw stability and even improvements in business performance compared to the previous quarter.

Vietnam's trade turnover is expected to reach US$115.34 billion in the January – March period, down 0.7% year-on-year.

Such a growth pace is the slowest in many years, due to growing impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Vietnam's exports rose 7.5% year-on-year to US$63.23 billion in the January-March quarter, and imports reached US$59.49 billion, representing an increase of 3.7%.