July consumer price index rose 0.62 percent against the previous month and picked up 2.25 percent compared to December last year, according to data from the General Statistics Office.
Vietnam raked in $16.7 billion FDI in the first seven months of 2021, down 11.1 percent from the same period last year, data from the Ministry of Planning and Investment shows.
Vietnam targeted average growth rate of 6.5-7 percent over the 2021-2025 period, according to a resolution on socio-economic development plan adopted by the National Assembly on Tuesday.
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Phones and components registered the biggest export value of $25.1 billion, accounting for 15.9% of the total revenue in the first half of 2021, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
Vietnam reported a trade surplus with the U.S. in the first half at $37.3 billion, much higher than $22.9 billion surplus recorded a year earlier, according to Ministry of Industry and Trade.
Vietnam's trade balance was in an estimated $1 billion deficit in the first half vs $5.86 billion surplus a year earlier, according to data from the General Department of Vietnam Customs.
Fishery exports are expected to fulfill the $8.5 billion target in 2021, after collecting more than $4 billion in the first half of this year, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said.
HBSC has lowered its growth forecast for Vietnam this year from 6.6 percent to 6.1 percent following the latest wave of Covid-19.
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