The exports of medical masks in the first five months of 2022. Chart: T. Binh

The exports of medical masks in May decreased nearly 8% compared to April 2022.

Thus, from January to May, Vietnam exported 76.4 million medical masks.

In 2021, Vietnam exported more than 453 million medical masks of all kinds. In 2021, there were no months that the exported masks reached 65 million or more, much lower than the average export volume in 2020.