In April this year, Vietnam's export data began to show the impact of the epidemic. Although many garment factories converted masks and medical protective clothing, the export volume of textile and clothing in April was only 1 billion 600 million US dollars, down 31% from the same period last year, and the export of yarn decreased from 152 thousand tons in March to 95 thousand tons, a decrease of 38%. The total export volume of textiles and clothing decreased by 8.8% in the 1-4 months.

Although the import volume of cotton in the 1-4 months increased by 3% over the same period last year, the early arrival of the contract was basically signed. Meanwhile, the starting rate of Vietnam's cotton mill decreased from 90% in mid March to 30% in mid April, and remained at this level by mid May. In April, Vietnam's cotton imports fell by about 8% to $893 million. The epidemic is expected to result in the continued decline in Vietnam's imports of US cotton in the two and three quarters.

In April, Vietnamese yarn imports fell by 2.5% to 758 million dollars, fabric imports fell 11% to 3 billion 630 million dollars, and textile materials imports fell by 5.8% to 1 billion 110 million US dollars. As most export orders have been cancelled, these figures are expected to continue to decline in May and June.

At present, local companies in Vietnam's textile and garment industry are facing bad debts. Many garment enterprises have low operating ability without receiving new orders. Moreover, the demand for textiles and clothing in the US and the EU has decreased. Due to the lack of new export orders, resulting in reduced employment opportunities and wage pressures, experts have put forward a series of solutions to support domestic enterprises. Nevertheless, most solutions will not help enterprises maintain production until the end of this year.

As a result of these unfavorable factors, Vietnam expects the Vietnamese textile and clothing industry to expect a sharp decline in the total export value of the whole year. In the best case, exports are expected to reach about US $35 billion, down 10% from the same period last year. In the worst case, this year's exports can only reach 300 to 31 billion US dollars.