Tìm kiếm: 7 months

The Government convened its regular monthly meeting in Hanoi on October 29, with a focus on discussing the country's socio-economic development in October and during the first 10 months of the year.

Disbursement of foreign direct investments (FDI) posted an encouraging 5.9-percent increase to 10.15 billion USD in the first 10 months of 2014.

The northern province of Ninh Binh welcomed over 3.7 million tourists over the first nine months of this year, a year-on-year decrease of 3.7%

As many as 53,192 new businesses have been set up in the first nine months of 2014 with a total registered capital of over 320 trillion VND (15.2 billion USD), up 13.9% in terms of capital compared to last year

The total amount of official development assistance (ODA) disbursed between January and September was estimated at US$4.1 billion, 10% higher than the previous year.

In spite of economic difficulties, foreign tourist arrivals to Viet Nam still reached more than 6 million in the first nine months of 2014, a year-on-year rise of 10.4%, according to the General Statistics Office.

According to the Hanoi Statistics Office, foreign visitors to the city reached almost 1.5 million during the first nine months of this year.

Agro-forestry and fishery exports for the nine months leading up to October jumped 11.4% over last year's corresponding period to US$22.66 billion, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

The Ninh Binh province's National Assembly Deputies' group on September 22 had a meeting with representatives of the local banking sector. It was attended by provincial Party Committee's secretary Nguyen Thi Thanh.

Vietnam has recently emerged as one of top travel destinations for European tourists, including those from the UK, with more than 144,800 British arrivals in the first 8 months of this year.

According to statistics by the Ninh Binh Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, in the first eight months of this year, the tourist arrivals to Ninh Binh numbered 3.679 million, down 3,7% compared to same period last year. However, the number of those staying overnight increased by 314,295 nights, a year - on - year rise of 12.5%.

State budget collection in the first seven months of this year was estimated at VND497.36 trillion (about US$23.4 billion), an increase of 14.4% over the same period last year.

Despite a decrease in FDI inflow in the past seven months, other related indices including disbursement, industrial production and exports from the FDI sector indicate stability in the investment environment for foreign investors, Nhan Dan (People) online newspaper reported.

In the first six months of 2014, the People's Committee of Ninh Binh province granted investment licenses to 33 new projects totalling nearly 6.2 trillion VND (92.4 million USD), a four - fold rise against the same period last year.

Viet Nam's agro-forestry and fisheries exports hit 17.43 billion USD in the first seven months of this year, up nearly 12 percent from the same period a year earlier. The figure included 2.38 billion USD earned in July.

Vietnam's economy has shown positive transformations in the fisrt 6 months, despite encountering obstacles, with inflation kept at a low level, the macro-economy stabilised, processing and industrial production posing signals of recovery and a relative increase in goods exports.

Vietnam's industrial production has shown a growing trend through the first 6 months of the year, posting a growth of 5.8 % year on year, a positive signal that the economy are on the road to recovery

The Ninh Binh People's Committee convened its regular meeting in the afternoon June 4 to assess the province's socio-economic situation in the first half of 2014 and discuss how to complete major tasks for the rest of the year. The meeting was attended by Chairman of the People's Council Nguyen Tien Thanh, Chairman of the People's Committee Bui Van Thang, and leading officials of localities in the province.

The Government convened its regular meeting on June 30 to assess the country's socio-economic, security-defence and external relations situation in June and the first half of 2014 and define major tasks for the rest of the year.

Vietnam's aquatic exports have been recovering in the first five months of 2014 with a revenue of 2.86 billion USD, up 21 percent from a year earlier, said the Vietnam Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) on June 12.

Vietnam is estimated to record a trade surplus of USD1.6 billion in the first five months this year, or 2.8 percent of the total export turnover during the period, according to the General Statistics Office.

Vietnam expects to have welcomed more than 3.7 million international visitors in the first five months of 2014, an increase of 26.7% over the same period last year, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

The nation welcomed 3.75 million foreign arrivals in the first five months of this year, demonstrating a year-on-year increase of 26.07%.

Foreign investors have committed to investing US$5.5 billion in Viet Nam in the first five months, equal to 65.7% of the same period last year.

Footwear exports reached US$730 million in April alone, bringing the total export turnover of the products in the first four months of this year to nearly US$2.9 billion, up 21.9% on a year-on-year basis.