AsemconnectVietnam - Vietnam’s passenger carriage reached 1874.5 million passengers in the first five months of 2018, rising by 10.4% over the corresponding period last year and 82.8 billion passengers-kilometers, by 11.2% according to the General Statistics Office.

Passengers carried by road achieved 1768.9 million passengers, a rise of 10.6% and 57.6 billion passengers-kilometers, a rise of 11.2%; by inland waterway: 78.7 million passengers, up 6.1% and 1.5 billion passengers-kilometers, up 6.3%; by seaway: 3 million passengers, 6.9% increase and 179.5 million passengers-kilometers, 7.5% growth; by airway: 20.3 million passengers, an increase of 14% and 22 billion passengers-kilometers, an increase of 12.8%. Only passenger carriage by railway reached 3.5 million passengers, a drop of 11.4% and 1.5 billion passengers-kilometers, a decline of 6%.

Generally, in the first five months of the year, cargo carriage gained 659.9 million tons, up 9.7% from the same period last year and 122.5 billion tons-kilometers, up 6.4%. Of which the domestic transport reached 646 million tons, increasing by 9.9% and 65.7 billion tons-kilometers, by 9.1%; overseas transport reached 13.9 million tons, moving up by 1.8% and 56.7 billion tons-kilometers, by 3.4%.

By types of transport, cargo transport by road obtained 509.4 million tons, a rise of 10.5% over the same period last year and 33.6 billion tons-kilometers, up 9.9%; by inland waterway: 116.5 million tons, up 7.7% and 24.6 billion tons-kilometers, an increase of 7.2%; by seaway: 31.5 million tons, going up by 4.7% and 62.4 billion tons-kilometers, climbing by 4.1%; by railway: 2.4 million tons, a growth of 5.9% and 1.6 billion tons-kilometers, an increase of 13.9%; by airway: 112 thousand tons, up 10.9% and 293.7 million tons-kilometers, up 9.5%.

Source: General Statistics office