Keyword: "August"

Thailand’s exports in August increased by 2.6% year on year for the first time after dropping continuously in 10 months, Permanent Secretary of Commerce Kirati Ratchano said on September 26.

Vietnam’s two major export commodities – computers, electric devices and component, and phones and components – saw an improvement in August.

Members of the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (VAMA) logged their August vehicle sales at 30,846, a month-on-month increase of 2% and a year-on-year surge of 247%.

Floods throughout Cambodia in August claimed the lives of nine people, and forced around 21,000 families with about 83,000 members to evacuate.

Three more wind power plants with a combined capacity of 48.8MW began commercial operation in August, according to the Vietnam Electricity (EVN).

Total retail sales of goods and services in August slid 10.5 percent month-on-month and 33.7 percent year-on-year as a result of restrictions imposed to contain the ongoing COVID-19 resurgence, data from the General Statistics Office (GSO) shows.

The Singapore Department of Statistics (SingStat) announced on October 5 that the country’s retail sales in August dropped 5.7 percent year-on-year, an improvement from the 8.5 percent decline recorded in July.

Exports by the domestic sector have been a silver lining of the cloud of Vietnam’s trade in the first eight months of 2020, with overseas shipments reeling in 60.8 billion USD during the period, up 15.3 percent.

The State Treasury mobilised 22.850 trillion VND (992.1 million USD) worth of Government bonds via 16 auctions on the Hanoi Stock Exchange in August, down 61 percent from the previous month.

From August 18th, on the occasions of the 75th anniversary of the August Revolution and the National Day of September 2nd (1945 - 2020), the National Museum of History held a special exhibition about the National Day of September 2nd.

The third ASEAN Graphic Arts Competition and Exhibition is scheduled to take place in Hanoi in August as one among a series of important cultural and art events in 2020, the Vietnam’s ASEAN chairmanship year.

The Hue Central Hospital in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue conducted 21 organ transplants in August, the highest number ever in a month, according to Director Prof. Ph.D Pham Nhu Hiep.

The total number of companies trading on the Unlisted Public Company Market (UPCoM) reached 850 as of August 30, the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) has announced.

Eight out of 11 groups of commodities and services in August posted price hikes compared to July.

The Hanoi Stock Exchange organised 38 auctions in August, mobilising a total of over 17.3 trillion VND (744.3 billion USD) worth of Government bonds, up 9.9 percent from the previous month.

Drops were recorded in the numbers of road traffic accidents, traffic deaths and injuries nationwide in the first two quarters of 2018, according to the National Traffic Safety Committee.

Vietnam’s consumer price index (CPI) in August inched up 0.45 percent month-on-month, and 3.89 percent from the same time last year, pushing up the eight-month figure to 3.52 percent year on year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) in August and in first eight months of 2017 increased over the same period last year.

Consumer price index (CPI) in August increased by 0.92 percent compared to July, with the highest growth rate seen in medicine and healthcare services.

Vietnam shipped 749 million USD worth of seafood abroad in August, bringing seafood exports in the first eight months of 2017 to 5.13 billion USD, up 18.1 percent from the same period last year.