Vietnam receives US$16.7 billion of remittances in 2019

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According to statistics by the World Bank (WB), overseas remittances transferred to Vietnam are estimated at US$16.7 billion in 2019, an increase of 4.4 percent compared to that in 2018.

The average remittance level in the period from 2016 to 2019 was 2.33 times higher than that of the period from 1999 to 2015 and 34.7 times higher than that of the period from 1993 to 1998.

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Migrant workers sent $256 billion home to Asia-Pacific last year: U.N.

Reuters MAY 7, 2018 / 12:45 PM  

KUALA LUMPUR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Migrant workers from the Asia-Pacific region sent $256 billion home last year, but more needs to be done to cut costs and make money transfers easier, said a United Nations report on Monday.

Remittances, which have risen about 5 percent since 2008, helped about 320 million family members across the region last year, according to the United Nations’ International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). Tiếp tục đọc “Migrant workers sent $256 billion home to Asia-Pacific last year: U.N.”