23-10-2015 In first half of 2015, the gross regional domestic product of Hanoi reached VND 187,879 billion, increased by 7.8% compared to that of 2014. Among 3 main economic sectors, service sector ranked first in growth rate (8.3%), industry and construction sector came the second place with 7.6%, and agriculture, forestry and fishing had lowest growth rate (2.8%).

19-11-2014 In October, total retails of goods and services of HCMC was 55,879 billion VND, increased 3.2% and 10.6% respectively compared to last month and the same period last year. In the first 10 months, total retails of goods and services was 530,479 billion VND, increased 12% compared to the same period of 2013. Excluding

06-07-2015 The period from 2011 to 2014 witnessed a fluctuation in the unemployment rate of labour force in working age in urban area in the whole country. In 2012, the rate decreased by 11% compared to that of 2011 (3.6%), and then rose back to 3.59% in 2013. Fortunately, in 2014 the figure for whole country fell

03-11-2015 Among 1,350 websites offering e-commerce service in the survey, 765 websites (accounting for 57%) had the operation models of online stores (with add-to-card service); the rest (accounting for 43%) had the operation models for marketing purposes (e.g. introduce products and services that the company provide, not for online trading) Regarding source of investment capital,

28-11-2014 Export value in the first 9 months of 2014 of EU was about $20.2 billion, 3 times higher than import value (~$6.6 billion). In there, German had the highest value including $3.76 billion of export and $1.96 billion of import. In additon, export value in the same period of ASEAN reached $13.9 billion, 1.22 times

06-06-2014 In 2013, the export value of Vietnam reached 132,175 million USD, increasing by 15% in comparision with 2012. Two products exported most in 2013 with 16% and 14%, respectively, of total value were Mobile phones and accessories and Textile and garments. Specially, the former also showed the fastest growth in value at about 70% year

31-10-2014 The index of industrial production in June was 99.5%, decreased slightly compared to May’14. The industries that had the highest growth rate were tabacco (+18.6%), and mining (+14.0%).Some industries’ growth rates declined compared to last month, in which the most decreases came from other transportation means (-22.0%), and metal industry (-19.5%). Generally, in the

04-07-2014 In May 2014, Ho Chi Minh City inported a value of USD 2,200.4 million. Among that, non-state business imported USD 1,243.9 million, accounting for 57% of the city’s import value. In comparison with April, the city’s import value showed a little change. Similarly, in the first 5 months of 2014, the import value nearly unchanged in

08-08-2014 In the 2nd quarter of 2014, economy in Ho Chi Minh city continues to grow, especially construction industry propers considerably. Commerce & service has no remarkable change but rises stably. Real estate has recovered to some extent especially in segmentation of low-price apartment block which is evaluated as to be potentially  vigorous. GDP this quarter

10-11-2014 Total retail sales of goods and services in Ho Chi Minh City in the first 6 months of 2014 reached VND 54,595 billion, increased by 2.8% and 15.4% respectively compared to last month and the same period of 2013.Some of goods had higher growth rate than last month including household utensils (6%), cars and