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Total revenue from retail trade and services reached 361 trillion VND (15.84 billion USD) in January, surging 3 percent over December and 9.5 percent over the same month last year.

The first freight train to carry containers from Russia to Vietnam has recently arrived at Yen Vien station to the northeast of Hanoi.

In 2017, the province's export value was maintained high, at1.154 billion USD, an increase of 13% agaisnt 2016.

Nghề viết vốn nhiều nghiệt ngã nhưng bù lại trong hành trình cô đơn và buồn tẻ ấy đôi khi cũng có những hạnh phúc bất ngờ. Đó là khi trong một sự ngẫu nhiên, người viết được tham dự một kỳ bình thơ của Câu lạc bộ Đường thi Tam Điệp.

Vietnam has been negotiating free trade agreements (FTAs) with around 60 economies worldwide, which currently occupy approximately 90% of Vietnam's total trade revenue, heard a meeting in Hanoi, on January 11.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment has proposed the government to hasten efforts aimed at improving the business environment in 2018.

The price of bio-fuel E5 was kept unchanged while those of diesel 0.05S and kerosene increased slightly by 360 VND and 495 VND per litre respectively in the latest regular adjustment of petrol and oil prices on January 4.

As many as 2,884 communes or 32.3 percent of communes nationwide were recognized as new-style rural areas by the end of November 2017, surpassing the target of at least 31 percent.

Vietnam has remained an attractive destination for foreign investors in 2017 with total FDI capital registered in the country hitting a record high of 35.88 billion USD, up 44.4 percent against last year.

Despite market fluctuations, Vietnam's export revenue in 2017 is predicted to reach all time high of over US$212 billion which is also much higher than the revenue of US$176 billion posted in 2016,

The Vietnam National Petroleum Corporation (Petrolimex) and PetroVietnam Oil Corporation (PVOil) on December 15 officially supplied E5 RON92 bio-fuel for sale nationwide to replace RON 92 petrol, 15 days before a Government deadline.

Những ngày cuối năm, giữa bộn bề công việc, tôi nhận được một món quà bất ngờ từ người bạn đã quen lâu năm: Cuốn sách "Chuyện tình Cố đô" của Nguyễn Tử Chương- Tác phẩm và dư luận của Nhà xuất bản Lao động. Tên cuốn sách hơi dài nhưng nó phản ánh được hết những nội dung truyền tải bên trong nên những ngày đầu đông buốt giá, tôi nhâm nhi cốc trà sen, thưởng thức từng trang sách, mở lòng để đến với thi ca và nhận thấy đây quả là một nốt nhạc lạ trên thi đàn văn học Ninh Bình.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has updated its growth forecast for Vietnam in 2017 to 6.7%, following a similar move by the World Bank two days earlier.

Overseas remittances to Ho Chi Minh City are expected to total US$5.2 billion this year, up 4.5% annually, stated an official of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV).

Vietnam recorded a trade surplus of 2.76 billion USD in the first 11 months of the year, or 1.4 percent of total export turnover, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

This year's seafood export turnover is forecast to expand by 6% to US$7.4 billion when compared to last year's figure, and is set to fulfill its target one month ahead of schedule despite facing a number of notable.

The year 2017 is a successful year of the industrial sector as it posted high export growth and industrial production index, contributing significantly to the province's GDP growth, creating jobs, boosting goods sales, and spurring socio-economic development.

Disbursement of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Vietnam reached US$16 billion in 2017 as of November 20, up 11.9% compared with the same period last year, according to the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA).