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Agro-forestry and fishery exports for the nine months leading up to October jumped 11.4% over last year's corresponding period to US$22.66 billion, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Vietnam's annual inflation in September as measured by the consumer price index (CPI) fell to 3.62% from the 4.31% rate in August although consumer prices saw a marked rise over the previous month.

The Ninh Binh province's National Assembly Deputies' group on September 22 had a meeting with representatives of the local banking sector. It was attended by provincial Party Committee's secretary Nguyen Thi Thanh.

Vietnam can be on par with regional economies such as the Republic of Korea and Taiwan (China) if it records annual growth of 9% over the next 20 years, the World Bank (WB) has said.

Russia's Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) has lifted the ban on seafood imports from three more Vietnamese enterprises, according to NAFIQAD, Vietnam's quality control agency on agricultural and seafood products.

Vietnam is set to post a trade surplus of US$100 million in August after a US$49 million deficit in July, according to a preliminary estimate by the General Statistics Office (GSO).

The national consumer price index (CPI) this month increased by 0.22 percent over that of last month and 1.84 percent over that of the end of last year.

The retail price of RON92 petrol, the most common type of fuel in Vietnam, has been cut by a further VND600 per litre, the third straight time within a month.

State budget collection in the first seven months of this year was estimated at VND497.36 trillion (about US$23.4 billion), an increase of 14.4% over the same period last year.

Despite a decrease in FDI inflow in the past seven months, other related indices including disbursement, industrial production and exports from the FDI sector indicate stability in the investment environment for foreign investors, Nhan Dan (People) online newspaper reported.

In the first six months of 2014, the People's Committee of Ninh Binh province granted investment licenses to 33 new projects totalling nearly 6.2 trillion VND (92.4 million USD), a four - fold rise against the same period last year.

Viet Nam's agro-forestry and fisheries exports hit 17.43 billion USD in the first seven months of this year, up nearly 12 percent from the same period a year earlier. The figure included 2.38 billion USD earned in July.

The nation's consumer price index (CPI) for July rose by 0.23% over June and 4.94% over the same period a year ago, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Vietnam's economy has shown positive transformations in the fisrt 6 months, despite encountering obstacles, with inflation kept at a low level, the macro-economy stabilised, processing and industrial production posing signals of recovery and a relative increase in goods exports.

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Basic GAP (Good Agriculture Practices) process, deemed more helpful for Vietnamese farmers, was introduced by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) at a press conference on July 14.

Vietnam's industrial production has shown a growing trend through the first 6 months of the year, posting a growth of 5.8 % year on year, a positive signal that the economy are on the road to recovery

Vietnam's macroeconomic stabilization performance has continued to improve but growth remains moderate and continues to come in below its potential, according to a World Bank (WB) report released on July 8.

The trade sector has worked out a number of solutions aiming to boost exports and produce a trade surplus of US$500 million by the end of the year, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) reports.