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After a slight dip of 3.2 per cent in the previous month, Vietnam's import-export turnover in July surged by 8 per cent, bringing the total trade turnover in the first 7 months to $514.7 billion

Of the Q1 trade turnover, exports reached $102.84 billion, up 10.6 per cent year-on-year.

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Total investment in new facilities near the Tan Thanh Border Gate estimated at $350 million.

According to the Information Monitoring and Analysis System on the network environment (Reputa), Shopee and Lazada continued to hold the No. 1 and No. 2 positions in popular e-commerce platforms on social networks in Vietnam in September. Vo So and Viettel Store both appeared in the top 10 for the first time. Despite the difficulties posed by Covid-19, Reputa said, e-commerce platforms still grew strongly and are being widely used.

According to the GSMA’s Digital Society Index released in August, Vietnam ranks seventh among countries in the Asia-Pacific region in terms of digital society, after Australia, South Korea, Singapore, Japan, Thailand, and Malaysia. It also ranked fifth in terms of digital commerce pillars and seventh in terms of digital lifestyles. The Ministry of Information and Communications has said that the total number of users on Vietnamese digital platforms reached over 494 million in August, an increase of 23.56 per cent year-on-year.

At the recent “Propaganda and promotion to support the development of trade in mountainous areas and islands in 2022” conference, Mr. Tran Duy Dong, Director of the Domestic Market Department at the Ministry of Industry and Trade, said the production potential of mountainous and remote areas and islands is significant because of their area and geographical location, with many products bestowed upon them by nature.