New COVID-19 outbreak puts brakes on trade, transport

The current COVID-19 resurgence has put the brakes on trade, transport and tourism, with all the sectors experiencing declines in May, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

The turns of passengers transported across the country was estimated at 287.8 million this month, a 14.9% decrease from April, the GSO reported. The figure exceeded 1.59 billion in the first five months of 2021, up 4.2% year-on-year.

In May, transport of goods, meanwhile, increased by 2.8% to 139 million tonnes. This brought the total volume of freight transport from January to May to 739 million tonnes, up 10.5% year-on-year.

Total retail sales of goods and services valued US$393.6 trillion (US$17.1 billion), down 3.1% from the previous month and 1% from a year earlier. The five-month sum hit over VND2.08 trillion, up 7.6% year-on-year.

International visitor arrivals in Vietnam totalled 13,400 this month, down 30.8% month-on-month and 40.6% year-on-year. The five-month figure plunged 97.8% compared to the same period last year as international travel restriction continued to be in place.

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