Vietnam welcomes 1.87 million foreign visitors in nine months

Vietnam welcomes 1.87 million foreign visitors in nine months

Vietnam welcomed about 1.87 million international arrivals in the first nine months of this year, 16.4 times higher than the same period last year but much lower than that in the same time in 2019 before COVID-19 broke out, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
Groundhog day with banks’ bad debts

Groundhog day with banks’ bad debts

Banks’ bad debts are again under the spotlight. For example, in late 2012’s third quarter, Sacombank’s bad debt rate hiked sharply from 0.57 per cent by the end of 2011 to 1.4 per cent.
Vietnam and India take advantage of AIFTA for an Indian summer

Vietnam and India take advantage of AIFTA for an Indian summer

Vietnam and India have pushed bilateral trade to higher levels because of tax reductions applied to many key exports under the Asean India Free Trade Agreement.
Trade surplus to turn heads

Trade surplus to turn heads

Former senior economist of General Statistics Office Vietnam is on pace to record an annual trade surplus for the first time in 20 years.
Exports up by 54 per cent in farm sector

Exports up by 54 per cent in farm sector

Export turnover of agricultural, forestry and seafood products in the first nine months of the year is estimated to reach $21.2 billion, up 54.1 per cent over the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Exports rebound in fine fashion

Exports rebound in fine fashion

“The above figures showed that the foreign-invested sector is playing a decisive role in terms of export earnings in Bac Ninh”