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01 Jan 2013
Import value of 10 major groups of goods (1/Jan – 15/Dec /2012)

28-01-2013

Import value of FDI companies from January 1, 2012 to December 15, 2012 was 57,092 million USD, which increased 22.9% in comparison with the same period of the year 2011 and accounted 52.6% for the gross value of the whole country. As for major groups of goods, the Machines, equipments, instruments & accessories group took up the highest of total import value (15,315 million USD), and the Chemical products group took up the lowest value (2,348 million USD). However, in comparison with the same period of the year 2011, as for value, the Computer, electronic products & components group increased the highest (4,962 million USD), and as for growth, the Telephones and components group increased the highest (92.9%)
 
Source: Vietnam Customs
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01 Jan 2013
Number of teachers in universities and colleges by professional qualification (2009-2012)

13-08-2014

The number of teachers in universities and colleges increased by approximately 25% from 2009 to 2012. In 2012, the total reached 87,160 teachers. Among that, the number of postgraduate people accounted for 56% of total and also grew at highest rate (by 44.5% in four years) in comparision with that of graduate teacher (increased by 8.2% only) and others.
Public sector’s teachers outnumbered non-public’s. In 2009, number of teachers in public universities and colleges was 6.5 times as many as that in non-public ones. However, this gap was being shortened significantly because of the fast increase in the number of nonpublic sector’s teachers (nearly doubled in four years) while the number of public sector’s teachers grew just by 14.5% in the period and even slightly decreased in 2012 year on year. Especially, the number of postgraduate teachers in non-public sector rose by 150% in 2012.
 
Source: General statistics office

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01 Jan 2013
Number of supermarkets by province 2009 – 2012

05-06-2014

In the period 2009-2012, the number of supermarkets in Vietnam increased 1.5 times, located most in South East and Red River Deltawhere there is high population density rate. Central Land and Mekong River Delta had the fewest number of supermarkets. In 2012, Vietnam had 659 supermarkets. Ho Chi Minh city is the province that had the most supermarkets with 162 ones, accounting for 83% of South East area. Ranking second was Hanoi with 100 supermarkets (about 60% the area’s number of supermarkets).
 
Source: General Statistic Office

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01 Jan 2013
Unemployment rate of labour force at working age in urban area by region (2009-2012)

27-06-2014

In four year period from 2009 to 2012, unemployment rate in urban area of Vietnam showed a positive trend. In 2012, urban unemployment rate of whole country was 3.21%, decreased by 30% in comparison with 2009, showing the signal of economic recovery. Two regions: Northern midlands and mountain areas and Central highlands experienced the most significant decrease in unemployment rate in the city (about 40%). The similar trend could be seen in all the regions except for Red river delta. This region’s rate, despite going down from 2009 to 2011, increased slightly in 2012.

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01 Jan 2013
Monthly average expenditure per capita at current prices (2008-2012)

16-07-2014

From 2008 to 2012, Vietnam’s monthly average expenditure per capita increased with the CAGR of 19.37%. In 2012, it was 1.6 million dongs (about 77 dollars). By residence, in general, the monthly average expenditure of each person in urban area nearly doubled that in rural area. However, rural area’s figure showed growth at the higher rate in comparison with urban area’s. By region, South east area got the highest monthly average expenditure per capita with 2.1 million dongs (about 103 dollars) but the lowest CAGR of 11.64%. In contrast, Red river delta’s expenditure per capita rose at the CAGR of 23.16% – highest rate among regions.
 
Source: General Statistic Office

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01 Jan 2013
Gross output of industry by province (2005-2012)

05-06-2014

From 2005 to 2012, gross output of industry of Vietnam increased continously. The whole country grew with the CAGR of 24.67% and reached 4,627,733.1 billion VND in 2012. The fastest industrial development place was Quang Ngai with around 80% CAGR. Some other provinces grew at high speed such as Yen Bai and Bac Ninh (over 45% each year). Ho Chi Minh contributed the most to Vietnam’s industrial output with 17.3% but had a slower development, just at 18.81% CAGR.
 
Source: General Statistic Office

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01 Jan 2013
Government structure

12-09-2012

The government structure of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is defined by a single-partysocialist republic framework, in a one-party system led by the Communist Party of Vietnam. President of Vietnam is the head of state and the Prime Minister of Vietnam is the head of government. Along with them, General secretary and Chairman of national assembly are the top 4 people that take the lead of Vietnam.
Currently, General secretary is Mr. Nguyen Phu Trong, president is Mr. Truong Tan Sang, prime minister is Mr. Nguyen Tan Dung and chairman of national assembly is Mr. Nguyen Sinh Hung.

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01 Jan 2013
Number of shopping malls by province 2008 – 2012

22-08-2014

From 2008 to 2012, the number of commercial centers increased but stagnated in 2012 because of downturn economy. Commercial centers mainly open in the higher developing level such as Red river delta and South east. Ho CHi Minh city had the most with 26 commercial centers, accounting for 22.6% of those in the whole country.
 
Source: General statistics office

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01 Jan 2013
Internet situation in Vietnam 2011 – 2012

13-06-2014

     In general, internet in Vietnam has a tendency to grow in almost all aspects from 2011 to 2012. Internet subscribers via different channels  like xDSL, CATV, leased line, FTTx all increased considerably in which the most remarkable is internet subscriber via leasedline: from 11,614 subscribers to 108,516 (934%). Despite change in internet subscribers, number of households with Internet access experienced slight change, its growth is 8.3% in 2012 (from 2,996,221 to 3,245,190 households from 2011 to 2012).  There was only one fall in number of mobile broadband Internet subscribers via 3G network, in 2012, in decreased 4% compared with 2011.
 
Source: General Statistics Office

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01 Jan 2013
Coffee Import and Export Situation in Vietnam (2006-2012)

29-04-2014

Vietnam exported figure considerably outweighed that of import in both value and volume term. However, Vietnam imported volume in 2012 was approximately 9 times more than that of year 2006, while exported volume’s CARG was just 7.5% between 2006 and 2012. Similarly, imported value growth rate was 2.7 times greater than that of exported value in the same period. Overall, the majority of Vietnam’s coffee trading was not roasted coffee product, accounting for around 90% of the total trades over years.

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