10:12, 29/12/2013

Overseas remittances to Vietnam in 2013 may reach USD11b

Commercial banks are expecting a sharp increase in overseas remittances year-end time and the figure may reach USD11 billion in the whole year.

Commercial banks are expecting a sharp increase in overseas remittances year-end time and the figure may reach USD11 billion in the whole year.

The decrease of unemployment rate in the US, Australia and Canada where many overseas Vietnamese are residing has partly put up remittances this year. In addition, recent preferential policies of Vietnamese government and the stability of VND also have encouraged overseas Vietnamese to send money home.

T.T