Vietnam enjoyed its largest trade surpluses with the United States (US) and European Union (EU) in the first 11 months of 2018, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
The southern province of Tien Giang recorded 556 newly-established enterprises with total registered capital of more than 3.5 trillion VND (149.3 million USD) in the first 10 months of 2018, up 8 percent and 67.6 percent year-on-year, respectively.
Vietnam’s forestry sector enjoyed a trade surplus of 5.72 billion USD in the first 10 months of 2018, according to the Vietnam Administration of Forestry (VNForest) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Cambodia exported 389,264 tonnes of milled rice in the first nine months of 2018, down 8.4 percent from the same period last year, according to the Secretariat of One Window Service for Rice Export Formality.
Vietnam shipped nearly 5 million tonnes of rice abroad in the first nine months of this year, earning 2.5 billion USD, up 8.5 percent in volume and 23.2 percent in value year-on-year, statistics show.
Hanoi led Vietnam in foreign direct investment (FDI) inflow in the first nine months of 2018 with more than 6.26 billion USD, a 5.4-fold rise from the same period last year, according to a local official.
The number of tourist arrivals to Quang Binh province increased 18.4 percent to more than three million, including 129,700 foreigners, in the first nine months of this year.
Effective administrative reform policies and positive impacts of free trade agreements Vietnam has signed have contributed to the country’s employment situation.
Vietnam has sent more than 86,000 workers to work abroad in the first eight months of 2018, accounting for 78 percent of the year’s target, according to the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs.
The southern province of Binh Duong saw positive signals in economic growth in the first nine months of this year, with trade surplus reaching 3.8 million USD, a representative from the provincial People’s Committee.
The number of tourists visiting the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh in the first nine months of this year is estimated to top 10 million, an increase of 25 percent over the same period last year, according to the local Department of Tourism.
Thailand’s border trade in the first seven months of 2018 was valued at more than 800 billion baht, accounting for an increase of 7.14 percent year on year.
As much as 7.45 trillion VND (320.5 million USD) were collected for the State budget from the initial public offerings (IPOs) of three member companies of the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) in the first six months of 2018.
Vietnam’s seafood export value in the first seven months of 2018 was estimated at 4.63 billion USD, up 6.3 percent over the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
Total export value during the first seven months of 2018 rose 15.3 percent year-on-year while import value increased 10.2 percent, resulting in a trade surplus of 3.06 billion USD in the period.
In the first 7 months of 2018, total FDI - including newly-registered, additional FDI and capital contribution - reached 22.94 billion USD, up 4.6 percent year on year.
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