Vietnam's GDP expands 9.95 pct in Q3

Vietnam's gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 9.95 percent year on year in the third quarter of 2026, the National Statistics Office (NSO) said Saturday.

The Q3 growth rate was higher than the 8.15 percent in Q1 and the 8.81 percent in Q2, the NSO said.

The agriculture, forestry and fisheries sector grew 4.21 percent year on year in Q3, while the industry and construction sector expanded 12.5 percent and the services sector rose 9.54 percent.

Vietnam's GDP in the first nine months of 2026 is estimated to have grown 9.01 percent year on year, the NSO said.

The Southeast Asian country has set a target of achieving double-digit GDP growth in 2026.

Vietnam's GDP expands 9.95 pct in Q3

China's futures market posted robust growth in the first nine months of this year, with double-digit increases in both trading turnover and volume, according to data released by the China Futures Association (CFA) on Wednesday.

The trading volume rose by 24.2 percent year on year to about 8.384 billion lots during the January-September period, the data showed.

The association said the total trading turnover came in at 738.54 trillion yuan (about 110.34 trillion U.S. dollars) in the first three quarters of this year, increasing 34.86 percent from the same period of 2025.

China's futures market reports strong growth in Jan-Sept