Vietnam's service export up in first half
Tuesday, 3 July 2007
HANOI, July 2 (Xinhua): Vietnam earned over 2.96 billion US dollars from exporting services, including tourism, air transport, telecommunications and insurance, in the first half of this year, a year-on-year rise of 17.2 per cent, local newspaper Investment quoted the country's General Statistics Office as reporting today.
During the 6-month period, tourism reaped some 1.71 billion dollars, accounting for the biggest part of service export revenues, up 10.3 per cent. Air transport earned 494 million dollars, surging 41.1 per cent. Maritime services gained 400 million dollars, up 21.2 per cent.
The country spent nearly 3.2 billion dollars for importing services in the first 6 months of this year, a rise of 24.4 per cent over the same period of last year.
Insurance and transport for imported goods made the biggest, reaching over 1.11 billion dollars, up 31.5 per cent.
Following are tourism service import, rising 6.3 per cent to about 670 million dollars; financial services, up 23.1 per cent to 622 million dollars; air transport, up 12.9 per cent to about 395 million dollars.
Vietnam earned 5.1 billion dollars from exporting services in 2006, up from nearly 4.3 billion dollars in 2005.
During the 6-month period, tourism reaped some 1.71 billion dollars, accounting for the biggest part of service export revenues, up 10.3 per cent. Air transport earned 494 million dollars, surging 41.1 per cent. Maritime services gained 400 million dollars, up 21.2 per cent.
The country spent nearly 3.2 billion dollars for importing services in the first 6 months of this year, a rise of 24.4 per cent over the same period of last year.
Insurance and transport for imported goods made the biggest, reaching over 1.11 billion dollars, up 31.5 per cent.
Following are tourism service import, rising 6.3 per cent to about 670 million dollars; financial services, up 23.1 per cent to 622 million dollars; air transport, up 12.9 per cent to about 395 million dollars.
Vietnam earned 5.1 billion dollars from exporting services in 2006, up from nearly 4.3 billion dollars in 2005.