Export (Services)   Estimated service export turnovers in 2016 = US$ 12.3 billion (up 8.9% over 2015), of which travel services gained US$ 8.3 billion (67.3% of the total turnovers and up 12.2%); transport services achieved US$ 2.4 billion (20% and up 0.7%).   Import (Services)   Estimated service import turnovers in 2016 = US$

Retail sales (Total)   Total estimated retail sales of consumer goods and services= 3527.4 trillion dongs (up 10.2% over 2015), if the price factor were excluded, the growth rate would be 7.8%, lower than the growth rate of 8.5% in the previous year due to having no significant change in purchasing power, while the consumer

Overall   In general, trade balance of goods in 2016 was a surplus of US$2.68 billion, of which the domestic economic sector had a trade deficit of US$ 21.02 billion; the FDI sector had a trade surplus of US$ 23.70 billion.   Export (Goods) Estimated export turnovers of goods in 2016 = US$ 175.9 billion

Last Updated：17th Jan 2017 General Nation Social Republic of Vietnam Capital Hanoi ( 7.25 million) Independence day September 2nd  1945 Politics One-party state Army Vietnam’s People Army Currency Vietnam Dong Geography Location Southeast Asia Provinces 5 municipalities and 58 provinces Area 330966.9 km2 Climate Tropical and Monsoon Time zone GMT+7 Demography Population (2016 Feb) 94.1

Unemployment rate (overall)   Unemployment rate of working-age labor = 2.30%, of which it was 3.18% for the urban area; 1.86% for the rural area.   Unemployment (youth)   Unemployment rate of the youth aged 15-24= 7.34%, of which it was 11.30% for the urban area; 5.74% for the rural area.   Employment rate  

    GRDP in Hanoi 2016   Estimated Gross Regional Domestic Product(GRDP) in Hanoi increased 8.2% from 2016. In 2016, Hanoi investment fund reached 277,950 billions VND (up 10% from 2015), of which government fund increase 15%, FDI fund increase 2.4%, export value in December 2016 reached 928 million USD (up 3% from last month).

Revenue   Total government revenues = 943.3 trillion dongs (93% of annual estimate), of which domestic revenues=744.9 trillion dongs (94.9% of annual estimate); collecting from crude oil= 37.7 trillion dongs (69.2%); from export-import balance = 156.2 trillion dongs (90.8%).   Expenditure   Total government expenditures= 1135.5 trillion dongs (89.2% of annual estimate), of which, spending

    Total Value of Import and Export in Ho Chi Minh City   According to the HCM City Customs Department, total value of import and export turnover in Ho Chi Minh’s check point in the first 6 months of 2016 reached US $ 39.771 billion vnd, an increase of more than US $ 3.4

08-03-2016 During the first six months in 2015, HCMC exported $13.24 billion including the value of crude oil through the city’s border gate. That number accounted for almost 17.02% total export value of the whole nation. Among three business areas, state owned enterprises’ export value decreased sharply by a half of the amount of the same

08-03-2016 Total state budget revenue as of 15/06/2015 is VND 406.2 trillion, meets 44.6% of 2015 estimate.   Among three sources listed, domestic revenue contributes the most, with VND 298.8 trillion, 46.8% of the year estimate. In particular, the figure from state own enterprises is highest, VND 91.2 trillion though meets 41.3% of year estimate.