3:34:27 PM | 26/8/2008
Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi is estimated to earn US$750 million from exports in August, raising its total export value in the first eight months of this year to US$4.7 billion, up 41.1 per cent on-year.
Most of the city’s staples obtain high export growth rates during the period, specifying that farm produce tops the list with US$843 million, up 45 per cent on-year.
It is followed by computer’s spare parts and peripheral devices with US$727 million, up 21.7 per cent on-year, garments and textiles with US$575 million, up 12.1 per cent, coal with US$222 million, up 48.6 per cent, and footwear with US$102 million, up 20.7 per cent.
The newspaper, however, did not mention Hanoi’s import spending during the period.
The city targets to rake in US$6.5 billion from exports in 2010 and obtain an annual export growth of 18-20 per cent during the 2006-2010 period. (Urban Economy)
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