-lrb- ho chi minh city thoi bao kinh te saigon 6-12 jan 94 p 40 -rrb- gdp figures for 1993 reported - according to the general department of statistics , the gross domestic product -lrb- gdp -rrb- in 1993 was about $ 11.6 billion , an increase of 22.78 percent over 1992 .