VOV.VN - Vietnam imported 6.13 million tonnes of petrol, oil and other petroleum products during the first seven months of this year worth US$4.88 billion, up 12.7% in volume and 14.7% in value compared to the same period last year.

VOV.VN - Vietnam retained its position as Singapore's 11th largest trading partner during the seven-month period, with two-way trade turnover reaching roughly SGD16.8 billion, a fall of 9.41% on-year, according to the Vietnam Trade Office in Singapore.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Chairman of the National Emulation-Commendation Council for the 2021-2026 tenure, chaired the sixth meeting of the council in Hanoi on August 10 to review its performance in the first seven months of this year, set tasks for the rest of the year, and discuss proposals.

VOV.VN -India, the United States, and Bangladesh were Vietnam’s three largest cinnamon export markets, accounting for 67.1% of the country’s total cinnamon exports during the first six months of the year.

VOV.VN - Bamboo Airways was the most punctual airline in the country during the first five months of the year, with an on-time performance (OTP) rate of 95.6%, according to details given by the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam.

The Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange/dioxin, the National Steering Committee on the Settlement of Post-War Unexploded Ordnance and Toxic Chemical Consequences (Steering Committee 701) and the radio and television centre under the Ministry of Defence on August 1 launched an action month for victims of Agent Orange/dioxin (AO).

The numbers of traffic accidents and related deaths and injured people during the first seven months of 2023 decreased compared to the same period last year, reported the National Traffic Safety Committee.

Vietnam’s agro-forestry-aquatic product exports raked in US$29.13 billion in the first seven months of 2023, while its imports reached US$23.25 billion, resulting in a trade surplus of US$5.88 billion, up 3.4% year-on-year, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) reported.

The disbursed capital sourced from the state budget topped VND291 trillion (US$12.3 billion) in the first seven months of 2023, equivalent to 41.3% of the yearly target and rising 22.1% from a year earlier, showing an observable improvement in public investment disbursement, said the General Statistics Office (GSO).

The hotel room occupancy rate in Ho Chi Minh City in the first half of this year stood at 64%, reaching over 92% of the level in the first six months of 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, according to Savills Vietnam.