Vietnam imported 120,000 assembled cars worth 2.66 billion USD in the first ten months of this year, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

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The numbers represent increases of 125 percent in volume and 122 percent in value year-on-year, the department said.

In October alone, 13,000 cars valued at 273 million USD were imported into Vietnam.

The department also said October saw complex developments in cross-border smuggling.

Between September 16 and October 15, customs officers detected 1,396 smuggling cases worth 169.48 billion VND (7.29 million USD), contributing 13.24 billion VND to the State budget.