Ms. Nguyen Thi Huong, General Director of the General Statistics Office (GSO), stated that Vietnam's GDP in the first quarter grew by only 3.32 percent, the second-lowest growth rate in the 2011-2023 period.
The target of 6.5 percent economic growth set by the National Assembly for next year, lower than the growth of 8.02 percent recorded in 2022, will be a challenge, said General Director of the General Statistics Office (GSO) Nguyen Thi Huong.
Generally, there were 133,700 newly registered and reopened enterprises in the first seven months of 2022, up 26.8 percent over the same period last year. On average, there are 19,100 newly-established and reactivated enterprises per month.
April international arrivals in Vietnam soared 2.4 times from March and 5.2 percent from the same period last year thanks to the country’s tourism reopening and international flight resumption, according to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO).
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in the first quarter of 2022 posted a year-on-year rise of 1.92 percent, the General Statistics Office (GSO) reported on March 29.
The total registered foreign investment capital in Vietnam by March 20, 2022, reached US$8.91 billion, down 12.1 percent over the same period last year. However, realized FDI capital reached the highest level compared to that in the first quarter of the years from 2018 to 2022.
As many as 45.4 percent of businesses in a recent survey conducted by the General Statistics Office (GSO) forecast that their production will increase in the first quarter of 2022 as compared to the fourth quarter of 2021.
The General Statistics Office of Vietnam has just announced that the number of newly registered enterprises in November increased significantly compared to the previous month. The number of enterprises that resumed operations rose by 15.2 percent over the previous month, signaling the recovery of business and production activities after implementing Resolution No.128/NQ-CP for more than a month.
The General Statistics Office of Vietnam, this morning, announced that the index of industrial production (IIP) in July merely rose by 1.8 percent over the previous month and 2.2 percent year-on-year, the lowest increase in the past seven months, except February with the fewest number of working days.
The total foreign investment capital in Vietnam in the first three months of this year was US$10.13 billion. According to many foreign enterprises, Vietnam is still the country with the safest and most attractive investment environment in Asia in the coming years. Meanwhile, many domestic enterprises complained that “there were still many thumbtacks under the red carpet".
Mr. Nguyen Hoang Minh, Deputy Director of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) branch in Ho Chi Minh City, said that by the end of the first quarter of this year, the growth of credit outstanding balance in the city surged by about 1.8 percent compared to the beginning of this year.
Vietnam’s gross domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter of 2021 is estimated to rise 4.48 percent, higher than 3.68 percent recorded in the same period last year, the General Statistics Office (GSO) General Director Nguyen Thi Huong reported at a press conference on March 29.
The consumer price index (CPI) in March this year declined 0.27 percent compared to the previous month, the General Statistics Office of Vietnam announced at the press conference held at this agency on the morning of March 29.
The General Statistics Office of Vietnam on February 28 informed that in the first two months of this year, the total import and export turnover was estimated at US$95.81 billion, up 24.5 percent year-on-year. Of which, exports hit $48.55 billion, up 23 percent, and imports reached $47.26 billion, up nearly 26 percent. The trade surplus in the first two months was estimated at $1.29 billion.
Mr. Huynh Van Hung, Director of the Statistics Office of Ho Chi Minh City, on February 27 said that it would conduct a 2021 economic census in the city, starting from March 1.
The General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO) has just said that thanks to a fairly high increase in industrial production in January this year compared to January last year, the index of industrial production (IIP) in the first two months of this year still rallied 7.4 percent year-on-year.
37 Japanese enterprises had decided to invest in Vietnam. This is the latest information that the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) released at the end of December this year. According to analysts, not only Japanese enterprises but many foreign enterprises from Europe, the US, Singapore, and South Korea also choose Vietnam as their investment destination. It has made Vietnam become the safest and most attractive destination for foreign investors in 2021.
The Covid-19 pandemic recurred at the end of July, causing industrial production in August this year to continue to face difficulties, the General Statistics Office of Vietnam said in the August report, released on August 29. Meanwhile, the situation of the pandemic did not seem to affect too heavily the sentiment of the business community as the number of newly-established enterprises in August still rose by 1.5 percent with registered capital increasing by 20.7 percent compared to last month.
The General Statistics Office of Vietnam reported that the number of foreign visitors to the country in April merely reached 26,200 arrivals, down 94.2 percent compared to the previous month and down 98.2 percent year-on-year, due to the Prime Minister’s direction on the temporary suspension of visa issuance for foreign visitors entering the country.