Vietnam's state budget collection up 15.1 pct in 10 months

HANOI, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam collected over 1.1 quadrillion Vietnamese dong (48.7 billion U.S. dollars) in the first 10 months of this year, up 15.1 percent on-year, the country's Ministry of Finance announced on Monday.

Domestic revenue, estimated at 896.8 trillion Vietnamese dong (39 billion U.S. dollars), rose by 15.8 percent from the same period last year and accounted for over 80 percent of the total collection.

Import-export activities contributed 253.5 trillion Vietnamese dong (11 billion U.S. dollars) to the state budget, up 6.5 percent on-year.

Over the 10-month period, Vietnam's budget spending stood at over 1.1 quadrillion Vietnamese dong (48 billion U.S. dollars), up 9.4 percent on-year, according to the ministry.