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January 1, 2013
Telephone market in Vietnam 2009 – 2012

13-06-2014 From 2008 to 2012, it can be seen that there was a surge in mobile phone. Number of 2G mobile phone subscribers in 2012 was nearly 116 million people, about 1.5 times as many as that in 2009. Similarly, 3G mobile phone rose from 7 million subscribers to more than 15 million subscribers, 2.2

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January 1, 2013
Number of markets by class and by province (2008-2012)

05-06-2014 In 2012, Vietnam had 8,547 markets. Most of them are Class 3 markets (capacity of fewer than 200 stalls). Although accounting for the least part in number, Class 1 markets (capacity of more than 400 stalls) increased gradually in quantity from 2008 to 2012. In Vietnam, North Central and Central coastal areas took up

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January 1, 2013
Retail sales of goods and services 2012

23-10-2013 In 2012, retaill sales of goods and services increased 16% higher than 2011. FDI sectoand private sector with growth of 34% and 20.8% respectively stood out from the others. However, there was a slight decrease  (1.2%) in state-owned economy sector. On the other hands, in regards of types of economic activity, all industries grew positively

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January 1, 2013
Import value of 10 major groups of goods (1/Jan – 15/Dec /2012)

28-01-2013 Import value of FDI companies from January 1, 2012 to December 15, 2012 was 57,092 million USD, which increased 22.9% in comparison with the same period of the year 2011 and accounted 52.6% for the gross value of the whole country. As for major groups of goods, the Machines, equipments, instruments & accessories group

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January 1, 2013
Number of teachers in universities and colleges by professional qualification (2009-2012)

13-08-2014 The number of teachers in universities and colleges increased by approximately 25% from 2009 to 2012. In 2012, the total reached 87,160 teachers. Among that, the number of postgraduate people accounted for 56% of total and also grew at highest rate (by 44.5% in four years) in comparision with that of graduate teacher (increased by

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January 1, 2013
Number of supermarkets by province 2009 – 2012

05-06-2014 In the period 2009-2012, the number of supermarkets in Vietnam increased 1.5 times, located most in South East and Red River Deltawhere there is high population density rate. Central Land and Mekong River Delta had the fewest number of supermarkets. In 2012, Vietnam had 659 supermarkets. Ho Chi Minh city is the province that had the most supermarkets with 162 ones, accounting for 83% of South

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January 1, 2013
Unemployment rate of labour force at working age in urban area by region (2009-2012)

27-06-2014 In four year period from 2009 to 2012, unemployment rate in urban area of Vietnam showed a positive trend. In 2012, urban unemployment rate of whole country was 3.21%, decreased by 30% in comparison with 2009, showing the signal of economic recovery. Two regions: Northern midlands and mountain areas and Central highlands experienced the

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January 1, 2013
Monthly average expenditure per capita at current prices (2008-2012)

16-07-2014 From 2008 to 2012, Vietnam’s monthly average expenditure per capita increased with the CAGR of 19.37%. In 2012, it was 1.6 million dongs (about 77 dollars). By residence, in general, the monthly average expenditure of each person in urban area nearly doubled that in rural area. However, rural area’s figure showed growth at the higher

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January 1, 2013
Gross output of industry by province (2005-2012)

05-06-2014 From 2005 to 2012, gross output of industry of Vietnam increased continously. The whole country grew with the CAGR of 24.67% and reached 4,627,733.1 billion VND in 2012. The fastest industrial development place was Quang Ngai with around 80% CAGR. Some other provinces grew at high speed such as Yen Bai and Bac Ninh

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January 1, 2013
Government structure

12-09-2012 The government structure of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is defined by a single-partysocialist republic framework, in a one-party system led by the Communist Party of Vietnam. President of Vietnam is the head of state and the Prime Minister of Vietnam is the head of government. Along with them, General secretary and Chairman of national assembly are the top 4 people that take the lead of Vietnam.

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