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.

VOV.VN - VinFast, a subsidiary automaker of conglomerate Vingroup, announced that it has handed over as many as 11,143 electric vehicles (EVs) to Vietnamese customers during the initial six months of this year.

VOV.VN - The General Department of Vietnam Customs seized over more than a tonne of narcotics and detained 148 people in 140 related cases over the first six months of the year.

VOV.VN - The number of international passengers passing through Vietnamese airports reached 15 million during the initial six months of this year, up 493.5%compared to the same period last year, according to the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV).

VOV.VN - Vietnam welcomed more than 5.5 million foreign arrivals in the first six months of the year, meeting 69% of the target (8 million) set for this year, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

VOV.VN - The initial six months of this year saw the Republic of Korea (RoK) become Vietnam’s largest source market of tourists with over 1.6 million arrivals, 80% equivalent to the same period from 2019.

There are about 2.5 million automobiles that need mechanical checks in the next six months, according to the Vietnam Register (VR).

Revenues from Vietnam's information technology (IT) sector in the first six months of 2022 were estimated at US$72.5 billion, up 17.8% year on year, according to the Ministry of Information and Communications.

VOV.VN - The nation spent US$5 billion on importing 4.8 million m3 of petroleum during the first half of this year, an increase of 18% in volume and up nearly two fold in value compared to the same period from last year.

VOV.VN - Approximately 2.3 million tourists visited the central province of Quang Nam during the first six months of the year, a figure seven times higher compared to the same period from last year, according to Le Tri Thanh, chairman of the provincial People's Committee.