Vietnam's economy grew by 6.42% in the first six months of 2024, slightly lower than the figure of 6.58% in the same time of 2022 within the 2020-2024 period, the General Statistics Office (GSO) announced at a press conference in Hanoi on June 29.

Ho Chi Minh City recorded growth of 3.82 percent in gross regional domestic product in the first half of 2022, according to the city’s Statistics Office.

A total of 477 wild animals were rescued from violators or voluntarily handed over by people in the first half of 2021.

A total of 508 billion VND (22.14 million USD) was lost due to natural disasters between January and June this year, according to the General Statistics Office.

With the effective control by the Government over the Covid-19 epidemic, the Vietnamese economy has recovered positively with the demands for production, business, and recruitment increasing.

The consumer price index (CPI) saw a year-on-year increase of 4.19% in the first six months of 2020, reaching the peak in the 2016-2020 period, the General Statistics Office (GSO) reported.

The Vietnam National Petroleum Group (Petrolimex) posted a consolidated pre-tax profit of 3.06 trillion VND (over 131.6 million USD) in the first half of 2019, up 8 percent year on year.

The Ho Chi Minh City Development Joint Stock Commercial Bank (HDBank) has reported a record pre-tax profit of 2,211 billion VND (94.26 million USD) in the first half of the year.

Vietnam gained a trade surplus of 1.59 billion USD in the first half of this year, according to the latest statistics from the General Department of Customs.

About 745.4 trillion VND (32 billion USD) was collected for the State budget in the first half of 2019, equivalent to 52.8 percent of the year’s target and up 13.2 percent year on year, according to the Ministry of Finance (MoF).

Hanoi aims at an economic growth rate of 7.6 – 8 percent for the latter half of 2019 in an effort to realise targets and tasks set for the whole year.

A CPI rise at three-year low during the first half of 2019 has greatly helped stabilise the macro-economy, promote economic growth and leave much room for inflation control for the remaining of the year, according to Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue.

Vietnam has surpassed Malaysia to become the biggest trade partner of China in ASEAN, Hu Suojin, Trade Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in Vietnam, said at a press conference in Hanoi on July 26.

The Vietnam Technological and Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Techcombank) posted a record pre-tax profit of 5.19 trillion VND (223.5 million USD) in the first half of the year – approximately double that of the same period in 2017.

Domestic businesses recorded a 19.9-percent rise in their exports over the first half of 2018, higher than the export growth rate among FDI firms of 14.5 percent, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

In the first 6 months of 2018, Vietnam saw 64,531 enterprises registering for establishment, with their capital amounting to 640 trillion VND (27.87 billion USD).

As many as 20 products recorded more than 1 billion USD in export turnover in the first half of 2018, accounting for 85.6 percent of Vietnam’s total exports, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Foreign arrivals in the country reached 7,891.5 thousand in the first half, up 27.2 percent from the same period of 2017.

The central city of Da Nang posted a 7.54 percent increase year on year in its Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) during the period from January to June.

In the first half of 2018, Vietnam's export revenue was estimated at 13.93 billion USD and import revenue 111.36 billion USD, with a surplus of 2.57 billion USD.