VOV.VN - Vietnam spent US$3.82 billion importing animal feed and raw materials for production of this kind of commodity over the past nine months of the year, according to the General Department of Customs.

VOV.VN - Vietnam spent US$6.65 billion buying eight million cubic metres of petrol and oil over the past nine months of the year, up 23.1% in volume but down 2.4% in value compared to the same period from 2022.

Hanoi's urban railway and bus systems transported more than 417 million passengers in the first three quarters of the year, equivalent to 96.4% of the set plan, and representing an increase of 56.8% compared to the same period last year.

Vietnam set a new record in rice export revenue in the first nine months of 2023 thanks to the increasing price of exported rice, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese artists will join Japanese friends to exhibit two sets of photographs at the Bunka Gallery in Higashikawa from November 7 to 23 during the Month of Photography Tokyo 2023.

VOV.VN - Although Vietnam’s nine-month growth rate stood only higher than those seen in the same period in 2020 and 2021 over the past 12 years, it has shown the gradual recovery of the local economy on a quarterly basis, with the growth of 3.28% recorded in quarter I, 4.05% in quarter II, and 5.33% in quarter III.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a regular monthly meeting in Hanoi on September 9 to examine implementation of socio-economic development tasks for August and the first eight months of 2023, and put forward solutions for September and beyond.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City recorded a total of 71,740 cases of viral conjunctivitis (pink eye) during the first eight months of the year, a significant increase over the same period from last year, the southern city’s Department of Health has reported.

Though automobile prices have fallen to unprecedented low levels, auto showrooms remain deserted with just several visitors and no buyers, while car dealers spend their time surfing the internet.

VOV.VN - Hanoi Promotion Month 2023 is scheduled to take place from October 27 to November 30 at shopping malls, supermarkets, and sales points of businesses across the capital, according to the Hanoi Centre for Investment, Trade, and Tourism Promotion (HPA).