A series of policies on business registration, rice export business, management of foreign exchange for border trade activities between Viet Nam and China come into force in October.

Credit policies for the agricultural sector have been strengthened to meet the capital demand for agriculture, forestry and fishery production and rural development.

Vietnam has received four nominations for prestigious prizes at the 2018 World Travel Awards later this year, according to the organizing board of the World Travel Awards.

More than 96,600 new enterprises were founded in the first nine months of 2018 with a total registered capital of 963.4 trillion VND (41.3 billion USD), representing year-on-year rises of 2.8 percent and 6.7 percent, respectively.

The export value of agricultural, forestry and aquatic products in the first nine months of 2018 was reported at US$29.54 billion, up 9.3% over the same period last year and equivalent to 73% of the yearly target, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

The number of international tourist arrivals to Vietnam in the third quarter of this year increased 14.9% against the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

The Vietnamese tourism sector is on upward trend, largely owing to a surge in arrivals from Asian tourists, which accounted for 77.7% of the international arrivals in the country over the past nine months, according to the General Statistics Office.

Analysts note the strong rise of startups in organic agriculture and food, and higher interest by investors in the startups. Most recently, two projects raised funds through ‘Thuong vu bac ti’ TV Show (Multi-billion dong affairs).

The total amount of FDI in new and existing projects, capital contribution and share purchase reached US$25.37 billion in the first nine months of 2018, equal to 99.6% of that of the same period last year.

Many of Viet Nam’s popular destinations become more alluring in the month of October, the Condé Nast Traveler says.