Quang Ninh (VNA) – Total export turnoverof the northern province of Quang Ninh hit 461.3 million USD in the first fourmonths of 2017, making up 28 percent of the yearly plan and up 5.3 percent froma year ago, according to the provincial Department of Planning and Investment.
In April also, the province earned 130 million USD from exports.
Coal export brought home 59.7 million USD from shipments of 455,000 tonnes.
Other export goods seeing increase included cement, up 32 percent; wolfram,19.1 percent; textiles, 14.4 percent; and vegetable oil, 9.2 percent.
Imports of local businesses were valued at 128.31 million USD in April, addingup to 496.4 million USD in total imports in the January-April period, down by24 percent compared to the same period last year.-VNA
An estimated 54.4 trillion VND (nearly 2.4 billion USD) was invested in Quang Ninh in 2016, including 11.9 trillion VND (523.6 million USD) in foreign direct investment (FDI), up 10.2 percent year-on-year.
Import-export turnover through Mong Cai border economic zone in the northern province of Quang Ninh, hit more than 1.8 billion USD in the first month of 2016.
Some 200 people in the northern province of Quang Ninh were provided with necessary knowledge and skills to respond to oil spills during a training course held in the locality on March 28.
The People’s Committee of northern Quang Ninh province held a dialogue with over 600 representatives from businesses and cooperatives in Ha Long city on April 3 to update them on the local policy on socio-economic development 2017 and extricate difficulties for enterprises.
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Illustrative photo (Photo: qtv.vn) 
