Vietnam is estimated to export goods worth 7.3-7.7 billion U.S. dollars to the United States in 2006, up from 5.2 billion dollars in 2004, according to a local trade agency on Monday.

Vietnam is intensifying shipping abroad products with high export growth rates such as textiles and garments, footwear, woodwork, and seafood to the foreign market, said the Trade Information Center under the Trade Ministry.

Vietnam, one of more than 30 largest exporters to the United States, is also focusing on improving its products' quality, building trademarks and strengthening trade promotion, the center noted.

Vietnam earned 4.4 billion dollars from exporting goods, mainly textiles and garments, footwear and woodwork, to the United States in the first seven months of this year, posting a year-on-year surge of 44.6 percent.

In the period, the country reaped earnings of 840 million dollars, 463 million dollars and 399 million dollars from selling textiles and garments, footwear, and woodwork to the foreign market, respectively.

Source: Xinhua