Vietnam’s economy accelerates in nine monthsVietnam’s economy witnessed positive changes in the first nine months of 2017 with growth increasing from quarter to quarter, according to Director General of the General Statistics Office (GSO) Nguyen Bich Lam. Vietnam’s economy accelerates in nine months (Illustrative image. International tourists arrivals in Vietnam in the nine months remained high with more than 9.4 million arrivals, a year-on-year rise of 28.4 percent. In the first nine months of 2017, Vietnam attracted 25.5 billion USD in foreign direct investment (FDI), a year-on-year rise of 34.3 percent, while 12.5 billion USD of FDI was disbursed, up 13.4 percent year-on-year. As many as 93,967 new enterprises were established with a total registered capital of 902.7 trillion VND (about 39.7 billion USD), up 15.4 percent in number and 43.5 percent in capital.

Source: VietNamNet News October 05, 2017 08:15 UTC