(excluding therefore Chinese and Vietnamese-owned companies)
| Industry | Branch | labour force | % |
| Mining | 31.5% | ||
| Coal | 85000 | ||
| Non-coal | 15000 | ||
| Plantations | 29.9% | ||
| Rubber, Tea, Coffee | 95000 | ||
| Transportation | 8.5% | ||
| Railways | 22000 | ||
| Tramways | 5000 | ||
| Manufacturing | 25.7% | ||
| Cotton | 17000 | ||
| Silk | 2000 | ||
| Wool | 1000 | ||
| Rice polishing | 10000 | ||
| Beer | 500 | ||
| Alcool | 6500 | ||
| Sugar | 1000 | ||
| Tobacco | 1500 | ||
| Matches | 2000 | ||
| Paper | 3000 | ||
| Cement | 7000 | ||
| Glass | 300 | ||
| Oil processing | 2000 | ||
| Ceramics,soap, metals | 2000 | ||
| Mecanics, Shipbuilding | 3000 | ||
| Water and electric power | 5000 | ||
| Bricks and tiles | 14000 | ||
| Printing | 1000 | ||
| Chemical | 3000 | ||
| Misc. | 4.4% | ||
| Salt marsh | 3000 | ||
| Docks (paddy) | 8000 | ||
| Shipping | 1000 | ||
| Telecommunications | 2000 | ||
| Total | 317800 | 100% |
Source:Phan Thanh-Son (1968), p. 41.