The impressive growth in the Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) of many localities, with some witnessing increases of over 14%, has contributed to the country’s 6.42-percent GDP expansion in the first half of 2024, slightly lower than the 6.58-percent growth level in the same period of 2022.

Vietnam earned nearly 3 billion USD from exporting 4.68 million tonnes of rice in the first six months of this year.

The Vietnam Railways Corporation (VNR) revealed on July 6 that its total revenue topped 3.7 trillion VND (156.4 million USD) in the first six months of this year, up 17% year-on-year.

Vietnam recorded a trade surplus of about 12.25 billion USD in the first half of this year, according to data released by the General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO) on June 29.

Vietjet Aviation Joint Stock Company has reported a loss of over 2.11 trillion VND (approx. 90.5 million USD) in air transportation business in the first half of this year.

Vietnam earned over 2 billion USD from exporting fruits and vegetables in the first half of 2018, a year-on-year rise of 19.7 percent.

Vietnam welcomed over 4.7 million foreign visitors in the first six months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 21.3 percent.