Vietnam welcomed about 114,500 foreign visitors in the first nine months of this year, a year-on-year plunge of 97 percent, announced the General Statistics Office (GSO) on September 29.
Vietnam’s trade turnover in the first nine months of this year reached 483.17 billion USD, a year-on-year increase of 24.4 percent, according to the General Statistics Office.
The consumer price index (CPI) rose by 1.82 percent year on year between January and September, the slowest hike since 2016, the General Statistics Office (GSO) has announced.
Vietnam’s gross domestic product (GDP) expanded by 1.42 percent in the first nine months of 2021 from the same period last year, marking a great success of the country in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and maintaining production and business amid the prolonged period of social distancing in many provinces and cities.
A teleconference between the Prime Minister and the business community, localities will take place in Hanoi on September 26 to discuss support for enterprises amid COVID-19 pandemic, reported the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI).
Hanoi’s consumer price index (CPI) in August was up 0.77 percent against the previous month and 2.81 percent year-on-year, according to the municipal Statistics Office.
Hanoi lured more than 18.7 million USD of foreign direct investment (FDI) in August, raising the total FDI poured into the city in the first eight months of 2021 to 841.8 million USD, according to the city's Statistics Office.
The August consumer price index (CPI) went up 0.25 percent from July, 2.51 percent from December 2020, and 2.82 percent from the same period last year. However, the eight-month CPI rose by only 1.79 percent year on year, the slowest pace since 2016.
The year-on-year inflation rate of Laos rose to 4.7 percent in July, highest level recorded since August last year, reported the Lao Statistics Bureau.
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Vietnam and Vital Strategies on August 9 signed an agreement for a second phase of work under the Data for Health Initiative, which is supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Australia Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to continue supporting the Vietnamese Government’s efforts to improve civil registration and vital statistics.
The disbursed public investment declined in July due to the surge in COVID-19 cases, but it still grew 5.6 percent in the first seven months of 2021 as compared to the same period last year.
The national consumer price index (CPI) in July grew by 0.62 percent against June and 2.64 percent year-on-year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
Banks will continue to tighten lending in risky sectors including securities, real estate, financial, and tourism business, seeing higher credit risks in the remaining months of this year, a survey carried out by the Monetary Forecasting and Statistics Department has said.
Vietnamese investments overseas soared 125.4 percent year-on-year to 570 million USD in the first seven months of 2021, the General Statistics Office (GSO) announced on July 29.
Vietnam’s export earning hit 27 billion USD in July, down 0.8 percent month-on-month and up 8.4 percent year-on-year, reported the General Statistics Office (GSO) on July 29.
Malaysian small and medium enterprises (SMEs)’s growth contracted by 7.3 percent in 2020 for the first time in the past 17 years, reported the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).
Despite trade deficit in the first half of 2021, experts still predicted that Vietnam will soon resume balance in the trade of goods thanks to the strong growth in production.
Per capita monthly income of Vietnamese people was averaged at 4.2 million VND (183 USD) in 2020, down 1 percent year-on-year, according to a survey conducted by the General Statistics Office.
Some 39.2 percent of surveyed manufacturing and processing enterprises expect better performance in their production and business in the third quarter of 2021, and 38.6 percent believe to enjoy stable production and business, according to a survey recently conducted by the General Statistics Office (GSO).
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