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The Vietnam's capital city of Hanoi ranked eighth among top 10 most attractive destinations in the world in 2014, according to the US prestigious travel magazine TripAdvisor.

Official Development Assistance (ODA) disbursement in the first quarter of this year is estimated at US$364 million, up 5% from the same period last year.

Vietnam's trade balance in March showed a deficit of US$0.3 billion, equivalent to 1.2% of the country's total export- import turnover, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has concluded a supportive capital provision of nearly US$1.4 million to the national target program on building new-style rural areas with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Over VND129 trillion (roughly US$6.06 billion) was collected for the State budget in the first two months of 2014, a 12.9% year-on-year increase and equivalent to 26.6% of the year's estimate, according to the Ministry of Finance.

Trade surplus in the first two months of 2014 was estimated at US$244 million, equivalent to 1.2% of total export revenue, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Vietnamese exporters shipped 307,255 tons of rice abroad, earning nearly US$ 128 million in the first month of 2014, according to the Viet Nam Food Association (VFA).

VGP - Export revenue of agro-aquatic-forestry products in January was estimated at US$ 2.32 billion, representing a year-on-year decline of 9.7%, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Vietnam Customs has reported the nation's 2013 trade turnover totalled an estimated US$264.26 billion, a 15.7% rise year-on-year.

Vietnam attracted nearly US$22 billion in foreign investment in 2013, the highest figure since 2008, according to statistics from the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI)'s Foreign Investment Agency.

Despite 2013's economic difficulties, Vietnam attracted more than US$21 billion in registered foreign direct investment (FDI), a 54.5% improvement on 2012. But experts warn the country risks lagging behind without stronger efforts at reform.

Vietnam's tourism sector achieved impressive progress in 2013, receiving 35 million domestic visitors and 7.5 million foreigners, an increase of over 10% over the 2012, and earning total revenue of VND 195 trillion (US$9.17 billion).

The economy of Vietnam expanded by 5.42% in 2013, with one fifth of GDP contributed by foreign-invested companies. With pledges totalling US$21.6 billion, foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2013 far exceeded the estimate of US$13-14 billion.

Vietnam's export revenue from agriculture, forestry and fishery in December totalled over US$2.3 billion, bringing the aggregate sectoral export revenue in 2013 to US$27.4 billion, up 0.7% over 2012.

Commercial banks are expecting a sharp increase in overseas remittances as 2013 draws to a close, estimating a yearly total approaching US$11 billion.

Viet Nam will cooperate closely with the US on the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks process for a balanced deal, said PM Nguyen Tan Dung.

With an average growth turnover reaching 35.9% from 2010 to 2012, making up a proportion of 33.9 % of Vietnam's export turnover, China is still one of Vietnam's key markets for farm produce.

Viet Nam attained over US$ 1 billion trade surplus in the 11th month from shipping goods abroad, higher than US$ 0.75 billion of 2012.

Nhan Dan/ VNA - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced an official development assistance package valued at around JPY100 billion (roughly US$1 billion) for Vietnam during the December 15 talks with his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Tan Dung.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh received Caroline Atkinson, US Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs, today as part of Ms Atkinson's working visit to Vietnam.

The Yonex-Sunrise Vietnam Grand Prix Open 2013 kicked off today at Phan Dinh Phung Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City, with nearly 240 shuttlers from 13 countries around the world fighting it out for a slice of the US$50,000 cash prize.

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will provide US$33 million in preferential loans under the sustainable rural development project for the poor in the provinces of Ha Tinh and Quang Binh.

Export revenue from the agriculture, forestry and fishing industries was estimated at US$25.25 billion in the first eleven months of 2013.

Vietnam achieved a trade surplus of US$10.8 billion with the European Union in the first nine months, accounting for 60.6% of its exports to the EU.

Vietnam favours the prompt signing of the Vietnam-US double taxation avoidance agreement and conclusion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations this year, as pledged by leaders of member nations.