VOV.VN - Vietnam’s Robusta coffee exports to the Japanese market during the initial eight months of the year witnessed a double-digit growth rate compared to the same period from last year, according to statistics from the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - Standard Chartered has predicted that Vietnam's GDP growth will reach 5.1% in Q3, up from 4.1% recorded in the previous quarter.

Vietnam has obtained certain successes in illiteracy eradication, and efforts are still maintained to push ahead with the task.

The foreign exchange rate has significantly fluctuated recently but experts forecast the rate in the remaining months of 2023 will not be under great pressure as in 2022.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has been ranked 14th among the top 15 destinations for expats this year, as announced by the Expat Insider Survey by InterNations, the largest global expat network which boasts five million members.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City earned approximately VND2.9 trillion in tourism revenue during the course of the four-day National Day holiday.

Vietnam ranked first in Southeast Asia in terms of the growth rate in demand for foreign travel, at 170% in the second quarter of 2023 compared to the same period in 2019, Google announced on August 30.

As of August 29, several domestic flights recorded booking rates of over 70% for August 31 and September 1, the first days of the National Day holidays, reported the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).

The four biggest banks in Vietnam have strongly cut interest rates for various deposit terms to the lowest levels of the year.

Commercial banks have persistently reduced deposit interest rates, resulting in rates for many terms now standing at just above 6% per annum.