Service activities of Vietnam in 2014
Friday, January 30,2015AsemconnectVietnam - Estimated total retail sales of consumer goods and services in 2014 reached 2945.2 trillion dongs, rose 10.6% from 2013, if the factor of inflation were excluded, it would be 6.3%, higher than 2013’s growth of 5.5%.
By economic activity, retail sales of goods of the whole year reached 2216 trillion dongs, increased by 11.3% compared to the figure in 2013; accommodation and catering services gained 381.8 trillion dongs, by 8%; other services achieved 347.4 trillion dongs, by 9.4%.
Carriage of passengers and cargos
This year’s passenger carriage was estimated to rise 7.6% in the volume of passengers and 6.9% in passengers-kilometers from 2013. Respectively, transport by road showed an increase of 7.8% and 7.7%; river: a growth of 4.6% and 6.2%; airway: an increase of 8.2% and 5.3%; sea: an increase of 3.2% and 2.1%; railway: a decrease of 0.9% and an increase of 1.2%.
This year’s estimated cargo carriage grew by 5.6% in tons and by 1.7% in tons-kilometers against the previous month. Correspondingly, transport by road went up by 6.9% and 5.4%; river: by 3.1% and 4.4%; sea: down 5.2% and 0.7%; railway: 10% and 13% increase.
International visitors to Viet Nam
Estimated number of international visitors to Viet Nam in 2014 reached 7874.3 thousand arrivals, rose 5.4% from the last year, much lower than 2013’s growth of 10.6%. 4762.5 thousand arrivals came for tourist purposes, 2.6% growth; 1321.9 thousand arrivals came for business purposes, a rise of 4.3%; 1347.1 thousand arrivals came for visiting relatives, 6.9% growth.
In 2014, visitors to Viet Nam from Asia was estimated to achieve 5341.9 thousand arrivals, raised by 4.5%; visitors from Europe gained an estimate of 1198.5 thousand arrivals, a high growth of 14.6%.
Source: General statistics office
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