VOV.VN - The Vietnamese tourism industry is seeking to attract and retain foreign visitors ahead in the second half of the year and beyond, particularly amid the spending of holidaymakers remaining modest.

With nearly KRW200,000 in each per-capita card transaction, Vietnamese tourists spent the most among international visitors to the Republic of Korea (RoK) in 2022, according to the RoK’s credit card and financial service company BC Card.

VOV.VN - Enterprises based in Ho Chi Minh City exported a total of US$7.5 billion worth of goods via border gates during the opening two months of the year, recording a year-on-year increase of 3%, according to the latest statistics compiled by the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee.

Vietnam’s budget collection in the first 10 months of this year stood at VND1.46 quadrillion (US$58.7 billion), surpassing the estimate by 3.7%, and up 16.2% year-on-year, the Ministry of Finance reported.

The domestic search volume for tourism in July surged by nearly 8 folds year-on-year, and by 3 times compared to the beginning of March 2022 when the country started to re-open tourism.

The first half of this year saw flows of foreign investment from the Republic of Korea (RoK) and Singapore, among others, in domestic pharma startups.

Revenues of the State budget in the first six months of this year stood at about VND941.3 trillion (US$40.3 billion), equivalent to 66.7% of the yearly estimates, it was reported at the Finance Ministry’s review conference on July 7.

As of December 31, 2020, Vietnam counted 683,600 operational enterprises, up 35.3% from 2016, the 2021 economic census revealed.

Total state budget collection in the first ten months of 2021 fulfilled about 90.9% of the estimate and was up 5.5% year-on-year, showed data released by the Ministry of Finance’s Department of State Budget.

Ho Chi Minh City targets achieving a 95% or higher rate for disbursement of public spending this year.