In addition, the province lured 50 domestic investment projects, worth 5,671 billion VND (249.5 million USD) and three foreign investment projects. According to the VFA, a total of nearly 5.16 million tonnes of rice was signed to be shipped abroad up to the end of August. The city earned more than one billion USD in export revenue, accounting for 75.8 percent of the yearly target, up 16.9 percent year on year. Total output of oil reached 19.01 million tonnes, meeting 73.6 per cent of the year’s plan. Domestic production was at 10.25 million tonnes, exceeding the plan by three per cent, or 297,000 tonnes, and foreign production was at 1.46 million tonnes, surpassing the plan by 1.4 per cent.

Source: VietNamNet News October 05, 2017 17:03 UTC