7% decrease in the same period last year).
Telecommunications revenue in the second quarter of 2021 was estimated at VND 78.3 trillion, up 4.2% over the same period last year (if excluding the price factor, it increased by 3%). Generally, in the first 6 months of 2021, revenue reached VND 158 trillion, up 2.4% over the same period last year (if excluding the price factor, it increased by 3.3%).
International visitors to our country in the first 6 months of 2021 were estimated at 88.2 thousand arrivals, down 97.6% over the same period last year.
6. Banking, insurance and securities activities[6]
Production and business activities of the economy are gradually recovered, credit demand of businesses and people tends to increase when the State Bank of Vietnam implements interest rate cuts in 2020. Growth credit of the economy as of June 21, 2021 reached 5.47% compared to the end of 2020. Insurance business grew positively, insurance premium revenue of the whole market in the first 6 months of 2021 17% higher than the same period last year; The stock market increased strongly with total capital mobilization for the economy increasing by 68%.
As of June 21, 2021, the total means of payment increased by 3.48% compared to the end of 2020 (at the same time in 2020 increased by 4.59%); capital mobilization by credit institutions increased by 3.13% (in the same period of 2020 increased by 4.35%); credit growth of the economy reached 5.47% (in the same period in 2020 it increased by 2.45%).
Insurance premium revenue for the whole market in the first 6 months of 2021 increased by 17% compared to the same period last year (estimated in the second quarter of 2020), of which life insurance premium revenue increased by 22%; the non-life insurance sector increased by 7%.
By the end of May 2021, insurance enterprises' investment back into the economy was estimated at 512.9 trillion dong, up 26.7% over the same period in 2020; total assets of the entire insurance market reached 628.4 trillion dong, up 23.2%.
By the end of May, the total capital mobilization for the economy of the stock market was estimated at 116.4 trillion dong, up 68% over the same period last year. In the first 6 months, the average trading value on the stock market reached 22,428 billion VND/session, up 302.3%; average trading value on the bond market reached 11,622 billion dong/session, up 17.2%; The average trading volume on the derivatives market reached VND 24,041 billion/session, up 90.9%.
7. Development investment
Realized investment capital of the whole society in the first 6 months of 2021 at current prices is estimated at 1,169.7 trillion VND, up 7.2% over the same period last year, much higher than the 3% increase in 2020. This increase reflects the results of solutions to promote the disbursement of public investment capital and the effectiveness of the State's support policies for the business community, as well as the trend to anticipate the shifting FDI inflows into Vietnam. South in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic under control.
Realized social investment capital in the second quarter of 2021 at current prices was estimated at 661.1 trillion dong, up 7.8% over the same period last year. Generally in the first 6 months of 2021, the realized investment capital of the whole society at current prices reached VND 1,169.7 trillion, up 7.2% over the same period last year, including: State capital reached 295 .2 trillion dong, accounting for 25.3% of total capital and increasing by 7.3% over the same period last year; the non-state sector reached 660.1 trillion dong, equaling 56.4% and increasing by 7.4%; the foreign direct investment sector reached 214.4 trillion dong, equaling 18.3% and increasing by 6.7%.
Total foreign investment capital into Vietnam as of June 20, 2021 including newly registered capital, adjusted registered capital and value of capital contribution and share purchase by foreign investors reached nearly 15.27 billion USD, down 2.6% over the same period last year. In which, there are 804 newly licensed projects with the registered capital of nearly 9.55 billion USD, down 43.3% in the number of projects and up 13.2% in the registered capital over the same period last year; There were 460 turns of projects licensed from previous years registered to adjust investment capital with an additional capital of 4.12 billion USD, up 10.6%; there were 1,855 times of capital contribution to buy shares from foreign investors with a total capital contribution of 1.60 billion USD, down 54.3%. Out of the total number of times of capital contribution and share purchase by foreign investors, there were 624 times of capital contribution and share purchase, increasing the charter capital of the enterprise with a capital contribution value of USD 772.7 million and 1,231 turns of investors. Foreigners buy back domestic shares without increasing charter capital with the value of USD 832.9 million. Realized foreign direct investment capital in the first 6 months of 2021 was estimated at $9.24 billion, up 6.8% over the same period last year.
Vietnam's investment abroad in the first 6 months of 2021 has 24 projects newly granted investment certificates with the total capital of the Vietnamese side is 143.8 million USD, equaling 77.6% over the same period last year. ; There were 9 times of projects with capital adjustment with an additional capital of 403.2 million USD, up 10.8 times over the same period. In general, Vietnam's total investment capital abroad (newly and additionally granted capital) reached 547 million USD, an increase of nearly 2.5 times over the same period last year.
8. State budget revenue and expenditure
State budget collection progress in the first 6 months of 2021 was quite good in the context of complicated developments of the Covid-19 epidemic, estimated at 57.7% of the yearly estimate. Budget spending is done