In the reviewed period, industrial production rose 9.01 percent against the same period last year, contributing 38.34 percent to the overall added value of the national economy, the National Statistics Office said.

Total foreign direct investment inflows were estimated at US$15.20 billion, a year-on-year increase of 42.90 percent while disbursement volume rose 9.1 percent year-on-year to US$5.41 billion.

Export turnover increased by 19.1 percent to US$122.93 billion and import volume soared by 27 percent to US$126.57 billion.

The U.S. remained the biggest importer of Vietnamese goods, with US$39 billion while China was the largest supplier of goods worth over US$50 billion.

Foreign arrivals to Viet Nam climbed 12.4 percent year-on-year to a new record of 6.76 million./.