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Overseas remittances to HCM City reach US$3 billion

15:04 | 07/09/2017 Import-Export Follow english.haiquanonline.com.vn on
Overseas remittances to Ho Chi Minh City through official channels in the first eight months of 2017 were estimated at 3 billion USD a year on year increase of 5 percent sourced mostly from the US and Europe
overseas remittances to hcm city reach us 3 billion

Experts attributed the increase to the strong development of the city’s economy, while predicting the figure will continue growing in the rest of this year.

Outstanding credit in the city exceeded VND1.6 quadrillion (US$70.4 billion), up 19.8% against the same period last year.

According to Deputy Director of the State Bank of Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City branch Nguyen Hoang Minh, remittances and credit mostly flowed into production and business activities.

Overseas remittances to Ho Chi Minh City were US$5 billion in 2016. The amount accounted for 57-58% of the national figure, a year-on-year increase of about 11%.

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