Hanoi (VNA) –Hanoi’s consumer price index (CPI) in June continued its drop trend, themunicipal Statistics Office announced but did not give specific figures.
The office attributedthe fall to reduction in prices of food and foodstuff, including rice, pork andpoultry meat.
The city’s total goodsand services turnover in June reached 187.49 trillion VND (8.24 billion USD),up 0.8 percent over the previous month and 6.1 percent year on year. Of which,total retail revenue was 44.15 trillion VND (194 million USD), up 1.1 percentmonth-on-month and 6.2 percent year-on-year.
In the first sixmonths of this year, the city’s earnings from goods and services was estimatedat over 1.1 quadrillion VND (48.3 billion USD), a rise of 7.2 percent over thesame period last year, including 259 trillion VND (10 billion USD) from retail.
During the period, totalrevenue of the state-owned sector was 323 trillion VND (14.2 billion VND), ayear-on-year increase of 8.9 percent, while that of the private sector was 730trillion VND (32.1 billion VNA), up 6.5 percent, and of the foreign-investedsector was 53 trillion VND (2.3 billion VND), a rise of 7.6 percent.
Trade sector earned 767trillion VND in revenue, up 7.3 percent year-on-year. It was followed by restaurantand hotel business with 25 trillion VND, tourism with 5 trillion VND andservices 309 trillion VND.
In June, Hanoi’s exports fetched 1.06 billion USD, a drop of 2.7 percent overthe previous month and 11.5 percent compared to the same time last year. Meanwhile,the city’s imports were estimated at 2.56 billion USD, up 20.2 percent year onyear.
In January-Juneperiod, Hanoi’s exports approximated 5.9 billion USD, while its importsexceeded 14.2 billion USD.
Foreign tourists tothe capital during the period were estimated at 235,000, down 7.8 percent overthe previous month but up 37.4 percent over the same period last year. At thesame time, domestic tourists to the city numbered 818,000.
In May, Hanoi’s CPIdropped 0.76 percent month-on-month.-VNA
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