(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.