- Vietnam’s first quarter exports reached US$88.58 billion, up by 12.9 per cent from the previous year
- Chinese state media compared the exports in the first three months of the year to China’s main export hub of Shenzhen
Vietnam’s first quarter exports reached US$88.58 billion, up by 12.9 per cent from the previous year, according to Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade. Photo: Reuters
Worries that Vietnam could replace China to become the new manufacturing powerhouse are overstated, according to analysts, despite lockdowns and stringent coronavirus restrictions shifting orders to Southeast Asia.
Headlines have been stirring up controversy in the world’s second largest economy since Vietnam’s first quarter exports reached US$88.58 billion, up by 12.9 per cent from the previous year, according to Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade.
Chinese state media reports converted the value of Vietnam’s first quarter exports to 564.8 billion yuan at the time, exceeding the 407.6 billion yuan shipped from China’s main export hub of Shenzhen in the first three months of the year.
China is worried about losing its title of "world factory" amid increasing external pressures, including the US-China trade war and the war in Ukraine.
These geopolitical conflicts are forcing countries to re-evaluate the risks arising from production chains being too dependent or concentrated in certain locations.
Recognizing the inevitability of industries flocking to Southeast Asia to take advantage of low costs, many Chinese experts assert that their country should consider upgrading its industrial chain essential.
Tang Jie, an economics professor and former deputy mayor of Shenzhen, said industries would shift to Southeast Asia as the economic development gap between China and its neighbors widens.
In addition to Vietnam, Indonesia and India will also be popular destinations due to the availability of cheap labor.
"Vietnam's export industry is closely linked to the Pearl River Delta as well as to our domestic industrial and production chain, so our exports also benefit," said Mr. Peng Peng, director. executive director of the Guangdong Reform Association (an advisory organization affiliated with the provincial government), thinks that if Vietnam's exports contribute to China's industries, it is also a way to avoid trade disputes. commercial.
In addition, Mr. Peng said that comparing Vietnam with Shenzhen is somewhat lame. The population of Vietnam is about 78% of Guangdong province, much larger than Shenzhen.
Meanwhile, economist Yao Yang of Peking University said that Vietnam's increased production capacity has not yet affected China's title of "world factory", at least within 30 years. next year.
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