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As many as 28 commodities reported import value of more than a billion USD in the first seven months of 2019, according to the General Statistics Office.

Aquaculture output in the first 11 months of 2017 totalled more than 3.5 million tonnes, up 8 percent from the same time last year, as estimated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The export turnover of Vietnamese footwear products hit 11.82 billion USD in the first ten months of 2017, up 13 percent year-on-year.

Thailand’s tourism industry is on course for expansion, as indicated by its considerable growth rate during the first 10 months of the year.

More than 10.47 million foreign tourists visited Vietnam in the first 10 months of 2017, up 28.1 percent year-on-year.

The index of industrial production (IIP) surged in October and the first 10 months of 2017 against the same period last year.

The northern province of Hung Yen attracted 182 investment projects in the first nine months of 2017, up 44 percent year-on-year, according to local authorities.

The Vietnam Airlines Corporation earned a pre-tax profit of over 2.3 trillion VND (101.64 million USD) in the first nine months this year, surpassing its yearly target by 40 percent.

The Becamex–Binh Phuoc industrial and urban complex in Binh Phuoc province attracted 40 million USD in the first nine months of 2017 and expects to draw in 5 billion USD in investment in the coming time.

Vietnam’s economy witnessed positive changes in the first nine months of 2017 with growth increasing from quarter to quarter, according to Director General of the General Statistics Office (GSO) Nguyen Bich Lam.

GDP grew by 7.46 percent in the third quarter of 2017, compared to the 6.28 percent growth rate in the previous quarter. But the nine-month growth rate is still lower than the year's 6.7-pct target.

Export turnover in the first 9 months of 2017 enjoyed a year-on-year rise of 19.8 percent, while import value was up 23.1 percent, resulting in trade deficit of 500 million USD.

In the first 9 months of 2017, the flow of FDI into Vietnam amounted to 25.47 billion USD, up 34.3 percent from the same period last year.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade is drafting legal amendments to help domestic garment producers cut costs and reduce administration burdens amid many difficulties facing the industry this year.

Number of international visitors to Vietnam in the first 9 months of 2017 increased 28.4 % year-on-year.

Export turnover of agro-forestry-aquatic products reached 3.04 billion USD in September, bringing the nine-month figure to nearly 27 billion USD, up 14.1 percent year-on-year.

Vietnam welcomed more than 9.4 million international tourists in the first nine months of 2017, a year-on-year rise of 28.4 percent.

The total premium collected by insurance companies in the first eight months of 2017 surged by 21.9 percent year on year to nearly 65.56 trillion VND (2.89 billion USD).

Overseas remittances to Ho Chi Minh City through official channels in the first eight months of 2017 were estimated at 3 billion USD, up 5 percent year-on-year, sourced mostly from the US and Europe.

Credit growth rate in the first eight months of 2017 has been estimated at 11.5 percent compared to the end of 2016, the National Financial Supervisory Commission (NFSC) reported.