The eighth Japan-Vietnam festival, the largest of its kind, will be held on February 25-26 next year in Ho Chi Minh City on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, the Consulate General of Japan in the city has announced.
Vietnam's index of industrial production (IIP) in February rose by 8.5 percent year-on-year, marking the fourth consecutive monthly increase, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).
Thailand’s exports have risen by more than 200 percent in the second month since the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) came into effect, with total exports of 1.16 billion baht (35 million USD) in the first two months.
Ho Chi Minh City’s Index of Industrial Production (IIP) rose 2.1 percent year-on-year in the first two months of 2022, according to the municipal Department of Statistics.
The total retail sales of consumer goods and services in the first two months of 2022 posted a year-on-year increase of 1.7 percent, hitting 876 trillion VND (over 38.35 billion USD), according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
The Vietnamese manufacturing sector remained in recovery mode in February, seeing growth accelerate further and confidence maintained, according to IHS Markit.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a regular Government meeting in Hanoi on March 3, during which he required Government members to keep updated on the regional and world situation so as to timely address any arising issues.
Retail sales of goods and services in Hanoi reached 51 trillion VND (2.23 billion USD) in February, a year-on-year increase of 11.1 percent, according to the municipal Department of Industry and Trade.
State budget collection was estimated to exceed 276.66 trillion VND (12.11 billion USD) in the first two months, up 7.7 percent from the same period last year, according to the General Department of Taxation.
Increases in petrol prices, and those of food, food stuff, restaurant food and public transport services during the Lunar New Year led to a rise of 1 percent in the consumer price index (CPI) in February compared to that of the previous month.
Vietnam’s largest steelmaker, Hoa Phat Group, sold a total of 450,000 tonnes of construction steel products in February, representing a 2.3-fold increase year on year and a rise of 17 percent against January.
Ho Chi Minh City’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) in February picked up 0.86 percent from the previous month and 1.09 percent from the same period last year, data from the municipal statistics office show.
Hanoi disbursed some 2.2 trillion VND (96.44 million USD) worth of investment sourced from the State budget in February, equivalent to 66.5 percent of last month’s figure, but an increase of 6.2 percent year-on-year, the municipal Statistics Office reported.
Hanoi’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) in February grew 2.06 percent year-on-year and 1.16 percent compared to the previous month, announced the municipal Statistics Office.
Vietnam's CPI has increased by 1 percent in February and 1.42 percent against the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO).
A year-on-year drop of 15.4 percent was recorded in the number of traffic accidents from January 15 to February 14 to 1,011 cases, according to the National Traffic Safety Committee.
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