Vietnam investment climate
TOP ECONOMIC GROWTH OF SOUTHEAST ASIA
1) GDP growth 2018 reached 7.08%, the highest level in a decade 2008 - 2018
2) GDP growth 2018 also marks the 1st time Vietnam's GDP growth surpassing China for many years.
QUICK FACTS:
- Total area: 310.060 km2
- Population: 97,145,064 people
- Currency: Vietnamese Dong (VND)
- GDP: 240 billion USD, Average GDP per capita: USD 2,540
- GDP growth: 7,08% (2018)
- Foreign currency reserves: more than USD 60 billion
- Turnover in trading: USD 470 billion
- Number of international tourist to Vietnam: 15.5 million people.
- CPI Index: 3.54% (2018)
- Labor force: 48.7 million people. In which, male workers accounted for 52.3%
- Unemployment rate: 3.7 % (2017)
Infrastructure:
- 570,448 km of road: 24,136km of national road and 816 km of highway
- 21 airports (9 international airports)
- 45 seaports: 2 seaports type IA (international standard gateway port) and 12 seaports type I (regional focal point container port)