VOV.VN - The country welcomed 2.95 million foreign visitors during the past 11 months of the year, a figure 21.1 times higher compared to the same period from last year, but still down 81.9% compared with pre-pandemic levels in 2019.

VOV.VN - Two-way trade turnover between the nation and Laos reached more than US$1.2 billion during the past 11 months of the year, up 33.8% from the same period last year, according to figures given by the Vietnam Trade Office in Laos.

Ho Chi Minh City’s Index of Industrial Production (IIP) decreased 15.5% year-on-year in the first 11 months of this year despite growth of 13.3% in November, according to the municipal Department of Industry and Trade (DoIT).

Vietnam posted a trade surplus of US$20.1 billion in the first 11 months of this year, the highest on record, despite the adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global economy, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).