Foreign visitors to the Temple of Literature (Source: hanoimoi.com.vn)
Specifically, Asian travelers accounted for 78.1% of the total number, a year-on-year rise of 9.9%. While the number of travelers from China decreased 0.9%, those from the Republic of Korea increased 22.5%; Japan 13.7%; Malaysia 14.6% and Thailand 46.3%.
Numbers of European tourists rose 5.3% compared to the same period last year, including Russia 5.7%, the UK 4.5%, France 0.9%, and Germany 5.6%. Tourist arrivals from America also went up 6.2% from the same period last year.
In 2019, the tourism sector set a target of welcoming from 17.5-18 million foreign tourists and providing services to about 85 million domestic visitors, earning a revenue of about VND700 trillion.
FDI attraction reached USD22.63 billion in eight months of 2019
According to a report of Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment, from January to August 2019, the total newly registered capital, adjusted and contributed capital to buy shares of foreign investors reached USD22.63 billion, by 92.9% in comparison with the same period in 2018.
FDI attraction reached USD22.63 billion in eight months of 2019 (Source: VNA)
Capital of FDI projects is estimated at USD11.96 billion, increasing 6.3% over the same period in 2018.
August CPI rises 0.28 percent
The country’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) in August increased by 0.28 percent over the previous month, and 2.26 percent over the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office.
August CPI rises 0.28 percent (Source: VNA)
The GSO said that in the first eight months this year, the index saw a 2.57 percent year-on-year increase on average, the lowest rise seen in the last three years.
Among the 11 main commodity groups, eight experienced price rises in August, including medicine and health service with the highest rise of 2.81 percent./.