The textile and garment sector enters the second quarter (Q2) of this year with promising signs from new import markets, said General Director of the Việt Nam Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex) Lê Tiến Trường. Trường made the observation following the sector’s good results in the first quarter thanks to rapid growth from new markets […]
Read MoreIn the first four months of this year, the national index of industrial production (IIP) increased 5.1 per cent year-on-year, the General Statistics Office (GSO) reported. That metric was far below the growth recorded in the same period in 2016 but higher than the increase of 4.2 per cent in the first quarter of 2017, […]
Read MoreThe country’s total coal export volume in the year’s first four months posted a seven times surge compared with the same period last year to reach 504,663 tonnes. The General Department of Customs said Vietnam earned US$79.4 million from coal exports in the January-April period or a 13 times increase in comparison with the corresponding […]
Read MoreThe national index of industrial production (IIP) was estimated to rise 7.4 per cent in April, the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reports. VNA quoted an announcement released on May 1 by the General Statistics Office (GSO) as reporting that in April, the IIP of the mining sector saw a drop of 5.6 per cent, while […]
Read MoreThe country’s total retail sales and services revenue reached 1,267.9 trillion VND (56.7 billion USD) in the first four months of this year, a year on year increase of 6.7 percent. The growth rate was lower than the growth rate of 7.8 percent in the first four months of 2016, the General Statistics Office (GSO) […]
Read MoreHANOI – The proportion of enterprises having to pay informal fees during the customs clearance process has risen to 31% in 2016 from 28% in 2015, according to a survey on 1,000 enterprises conducted by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI). Meanwhile, about 31% of enterprises said they did not know of such […]
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