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 fir

The 2021 economic census, phase 2, will be conducted from July 1-30, covering all communes/wards/towns nationwide to collect information on over 5 million production establishments. individual business and over 45,000 religious and belief establishments. The force participating in this census is 30,000 people, including 25,000 statistical enumerators with professional qualifications, investigation skills and proficient use of mobile devices. The content of information collected in the Phase 2 Census includes: production and business results, number, size and labor, dynamic level of information technology application of the survey units.