Among key economic sectors, the industry and construction saw the highest increase of 8.36%, followed by services up 6.16% and agriculture-forestry-aquaculture up 2.16%.
The total retail sales and service revenue is estimated to rise 9.76% against the same period last year.
As many as 14,400 enterprises were established over the past six months with a total registered capital of nearly VND282,400 billion, a year-on-year increase of 20%.
The registered capital per enterprise averaged VND6.2 billion, up 0.5%.
The number of dissolved businesses in the period witnessed a year-on-year decrease of 0.9%. The number of enterprises, which had to stop operating, declined nearly 6%.
The Consumer Price Index in June augmented 0.35% compared to the previous month and up 0.55% against December last year.
(Source:VGP)