VN’s exports of gems and precious metals drops (Tuesday, August 15,2017)

Viet Nam’s exports of gems and precious metals reached US$252.2 million in revenue in H1, a year-on-year decrease of 53 per cent, financial news website ndh.vn reported.

  Carriage of passengers and cargo in 7 months of 2017 (Monday, August 14,2017)

Passenger carriage in July was estimated at 342.2 million passengers, up 1.6% over the previous month and 15.2 billion passengers-kilometers, up 0.1%.

  Free trade deal boosts Vietnam's petrol imports from Korea (Monday, August 14,2017)

Between January and July this year, Vietnamese firms imported around 1.72 million tons of petroleum from the Republic of Korea, marking a jump of 200% against the same period last year, latest data from Vietnam's customs showed.

  Consumer price index, gold price index and US dollar price index services in 7 months of 2017 (Monday, August 14,2017)

The average consumer price index in the first seven months of 2017 rose by 3.91% over the same period last year. CPI in July increased by 0.31% compared to December 2016 and by 2.52% over the same period last year.

  Exports and imports services in 7 months of 2017 (Monday, August 14,2017)

Generally for 7 months, the export turnover was estimated at 115.2 billion USD, up 18.7% over the same period in 2016, of which the domestic economic sector reached 32.2 billion USD, increasing 14, 6%; the foreign invested sector (including crude oil) reached $ 83.0 billion, an increase of 20.3%.

  Vietnam back in trade surplus in second half of July (Monday, August 14,2017)

Vietnam posted a trade surplus of US$429 million in the second half of July after falling into deficit for several months before, said the General Department of Vietnam Customs. This improvement helped push down the trade deficit in all of July.

  HCM City property market sluggish (Monday, August 14,2017)

A lull in the Ho Chi Minh City real estate market is pushing developers to offer promotions to bring back buyers.

  Electricity output rises 7.3% (Monday, August 14,2017)

Viet Nam’s power output in the first seven months of the year reached 112.6 billion kWh, a 7.3 per cent year-on-year rise, said the Electricity of Viet Nam (EVN).