Tìm kiếm: year

Vietnam enjoyed a trade surplus of 683 million USD in the first four months of the year, according to head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade's Planning Department Nguyen Tien Vy at a meeting in Hanoi on May 5.

The northern province of Ninh Binh welcomed over 106,000 domestic and foreign visitors from April 30 to May 4, a year-on-year increase of 10 percent.

According to the General Statistics Office, Vietnam has welcomed an estimated 3.07 million foreign visitors in the first four months of the year, an increase of 27.3% compared to the same period last year.

Vietnam grossed US$9.69 billion from selling agro-forestry and seafood products abroad in the first four months of 2014, a year-on-year increase of 14 percent, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The Vietnam Coffee and Cocoa Association (Vicofa) has forecast that for the 2013-2014 crop, the country's coffee exports will reach more than 1.5 million tonnes, valued at USD3 billion, a year-on-year rise of 20 percent.

The World Bank (WB) has announced Vietnam is among the top ten overseas remittance recipients in the world, receiving US$11 billion last year alone.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong paid a two-day visit to Laos over the weekend during the Lao New Year Bunpimay Festival.

Though foreign direct investment (FDI) capital declined in the first quarter of the year, economists say Vietnam is benefitting from the shifting of FDI trends, especially from multinational corporations (MNCs).

According to the General Statistics Office, the total number of international visitors to Vietnam in the first three months of 2014 has been estimated at 2,327,925, an increase of 29.3% over the same period last year.

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.

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.

An increasing number of foreign tourists found their way to Vietnam in the first two months of the year, offering a boost to the economy.

Vietnam ranked first in the number of tourists visiting Cambodia last year, with around 854,000 people, up 12% compared with 2012's figure, according to a report from Cambodia's Ministry of Tourism.

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).

A delegation of the Party, State, Government, National Assembly and Vietnam Fatherland Front paid floral tribute to late President Ho Chi Minh on the 84th anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

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

ASEAN Secretary General Le Luong Minh has emphasized that 2014 would be a key year in the roadmap to build an ASEAN Community by December 2015.

The future is looking brighter for Viet Nam as the country begins the Year of the Horse, economists say.

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.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has sent a New Year message emphasizing the central tasks of 2014, including the improvement of the institutions and promotion of the mastership right of the people.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong on December 30 held a working session with the Steering Board of the Central Theory Council to hear reports on the results of the implementation of its 2013 tasks and orientations for next year.

Vietnam's exports are forecast to enjoy a good year in 2014 thanks to the country's efforts to expand markets and new opportunities generated from trade deals that are expected to be concluded next year.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked relevant agencies and sectors to stop smuggling and trade fraud definitively ahead of and during the Lunar New Year.

Foreign arrivals are estimated at 7.572 million this year, up 10.6% compared to a year earlier, according to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO).

German Press Agency (DPA), Bloomberg, and The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) recently published articles, announcing economic prospects in Viet Nam in which full-year growth rose 5.42% and inflation reached a record low in ten years.