Vietnam’s export turnover to Laos rose by 9.8 percent to 244.6 million USD in the first five months of 2018, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
Total FDI capital poured into new and existing projects and used to contribute capital and buy shares in domestic companies reached 9.9 billion USD in Jan-May, down 18.3 percent year on year.
Tourist arrivals to the northern province of Quang Ninh hit 6.6 million in the first five months of 2018, an increase of 26 percent from the same period last year.
Vietnam recorded a year-on-year rise of 9.7 percent in aquatic exports to 3.12 billion USD in the first five months of 2018, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).