1. DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE PROMOTION MINISTRY OF COMMERCE. ROYAL THAI GOVERNMENT VIETNAM COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS REPORT (January – September 2013)

2. Thai Trade Center HCM 8 th floor. Unit 4. Saigon Center Building 65 Le Loi Boulevard. Dist 1. HCMC Tel: + 84 8 39141838 Fax: + 84 8 39141864 Email: ttc_hcmc@vnn.vn Contents Vietnam basic information 1 Overview of Economy in Vietnam 2 Trade Volume between Vietnam and Global 3 Evaluation 4

3. 1. Vietnam basic information Official name Official name The Socialist Republic of Vietnam Official languague Official languague Vietnamese Economy Currency: VND GDP (nominal): US $138 billions, GDP (nominal) per capita: US $1.527 (2012) Inflation rate: 6.81% (2012) Religion Buddhism (7.66%), Catholic (6.39%), Hoa Hao (1.61%), Cao Dai (0.91%).. Irreligion: 82.37% (2009) 88.78 millions habitants as of 2012 (Male: 43.92 mil; Female: 44.86 mil) Workforce over age of 15: 52.58 mil (Male: 51.3%; Female: 48.7%) Jobless rate: 3.25% Population

4. Thai Trade Center HCM 8 th floor. Unit 4. Saigon Center Building 65 Le Loi Boulevard. Dist 1. HCMC Tel: + 84 8 39141838 Fax: + 84 8 39141864 Email: ttc_hcmc@vnn.vn 2. Overview of Economy in Vietnam GDP during first 9 months of 2013 (according to curent price) (Source: Vietnam General Statistic Office) Sector Value (billion VND) Percentage (%) Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery 432.01517.85 Industry and Construction 916.61637.86 Service 1.072.25044.29 Total 2.420.881100.00

5. Thai Trade Center HCM 8 th floor. Unit 4. Saigon Center Building 65 Le Loi Boulevard. Dist 1. HCMC Tel: + 84 8 39141838 Fax: + 84 8 39141864 Email: ttc_hcmc@vnn.vn GDP growth rate during first 9 months of 2013 2. Overview of Economy in Vietnam (Source: Vietnam General Statistic Office) Items GDP growth rate (%) 201120122013 Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries 3.742.502.39 Industry and Construction 6.755.765.20 Service 6.435.666.25 Total 6.035.105.14

6. Thai Trade Center HCM 8 th floor. Unit 4. Saigon Center Building 65 Le Loi Boulevard. Dist 1. HCMC Tel: + 84 8 39141838 Fax: + 84 8 39141864 Email: ttc_hcmc@vnn.vn 2. Overview of Economy in Vietnam CPI situation (Sept 2012 – Sept 2013) (Source: Vietnam National Financial Supervisory Commission)

7. 2. Overview of Economy in Vietnam CPI during first 9 months of 2013 (Source: Vietnam General Statistic Office ) No.ItemsGrowth rate (%) 1Food & Service102.02 2Beverage and Cigarette104.20 3Apparel, Hat and Shoes108.24 4 Appartment and Construction component 104.95 5Houseware products105.25 6Medicine and Medical service154.91 7Traffic105.13 8Postal & Telecommunications99.54 9Education114.98 10Culture, Entertainment and Tourism104.12 11Others Products and Services107.51 Total106.83

8. Thai Trade Center HCM 8 th floor. Unit 4. Saigon Center Building 65 Le Loi Boulevard. Dist 1. HCMC Tel: + 84 8 39141838 Fax: + 84 8 39141864 Email: ttc_hcmc@vnn.vn 2. Overview of Economy in Vietnam Value (1000 Billions VND) Percentage (%)Growth rate (%) State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) 297.339.3104.2 Private Enterprises280.037.1108.5 FDIs178.623.6105.6 Total755.9100.0106.1 Investment during first 9 months of 2013 (Source: Vietnam General Statistic Office)

9. 2. Overview of Economy in Vietnam No.CountriesNo. of Project Registed Capital (Million USD) 1 Singapore 722695 2 South Korea 2472237 3 Japan 2101123 4 Russia 81018 5 HongKong 41584 6 Thailand 22316 7 Taiwan 41287 8 Cayman 2264 9 China 53169 10 UK 6124 11 Germany 1588 12 Australia 1666 13 US 2449 14 Denmark 441 15 Neitherland 1439 16 France 1336 Foreign direct investment (FDI) licensed from 01/01- 20/09/2013 (Source: Vietnam General Statistic Office)

10. 3. Trade Volume between Vietnam and Global (Source: Vietnam Ministry of Industry and Trade) Export Import Trade Balance (9 months) Trade Statistic during first 9 months (2008 – 2013)

11. Thai Trade Center HCM 8 th floor. Unit 4. Saigon Center Building 65 Le Loi Boulevard. Dist 1. HCMC Tel: + 84 8 39141838 Fax: + 84 8 39141864 Email: ttc_hcmc@vnn.vn 3. Trade Volume between Vietnam and Global Trade statistics between Vietnam and Global during first 9 months of 2013 Unit: Billion USD (Source: Vietnam Ministry of Industry and Trade) Items20122013 Trade Volume167.006193.050 Export 83.385 96.463 Import 83.621 96.587 Trade Balance-236-124

12. Thai Trade Center HCM 8 th floor. Unit 4. Saigon Center Building 65 Le Loi Boulevard. Dist 1. HCMC Tel: + 84 8 39141838 Fax: + 84 8 39141864 Email: ttc_hcmc@vnn.vn 3. Trade Volume between Vietnam and Global Items20122013 Trade Volume6.1596.890 Export 1.911 2.321 Import 4.249 4.569 Trade Balance-2.338-2.248 Trade statistics between Vietnam and Thailand during first 9 months of 2013 (Source: Vietnam Ministry of Industry and Trade) Unit: Million USD

13. 3. Trade Volume between Vietnam and Global No Items 20139 MONTHS PERCENTAFGE (%) AugSept Growth rate (%) 20122013 Growth rate (%) I In term of economic categories 1 State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) 21,79121,986100.9207,158192,19292.89.9 2Group 2,2572,302102.017,42820,223116.01.0 3Individual 109,391112,046102.4833,683972,896116.750.4 4Personal 78,00479,101101.4610,919681,416111.535.3 5FDIs 7,7537,853101.348,20665,285135.43.4 II In term of economics sectors 219,196223,288101.91,717,3941,932,012112.5 1Commercial 167,861171,601102.21,325,8951,484,290111.976.8 2Hotel. Restaurant 26,80326,993100.7202,638233,039115.012.1 3Tourism 1,8481,864100.917,58718,003102.40.9 4Services 22,68322,830100.6171,274196,680114.810.2 Total 219,196223,288101.91,717,3941,932,012112.5100.0 Total retail sales during 9 months of 2013 Unit: Billion VND (Source: Vietnam Ministry of Industry and Trade)

14. VIETNAM EXPORT SITUATION No 20139 months AugSept Percentage (%) 20122013 Percentage (%) ITotal 11,92311,300Value83,38596,463115.7 1State-Owned Enterprises 3,9913,80694.831,14232,514104.4 2FDIs 95.4 - Including crude oil 7,9327,494 52,24363,949122.4 - Excluding crude oil 7,2896,90094.546,00858,449127.0 IIMain Product 94.7 A Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries products (Rice, Rubber, Coffee.…) 1,7671,682 15,75914,72893.5 B Fuel and Mental (Coal, Crude Oil, Fuel...) 76876695.28,7237,23582.9 C Processing industry (Candy and Cereal, Chemical product, Shoes, Aparel, Wood product,…) 8,4457,88799.853,20967,243126.4 DOther product 942965.393.45,6957,256127.4 Exportation in terms of product 9/2013 (Source: Vietnam Ministry of Industry and Trade) (Unit: Million USD)

15. NoCOUNTRY 20139 months AugSept Percentage (%) 20122013 Percentage (%) IAsian 11,92311,30094.883,38596,463115.7 1South East Asia 6,1255,85795.644,04149,713112.9 2East Asia 1,6141,54395.612,42513,986112.6 3Middle South Asia 3,6203,466477.927,09628,609105.6 4West Asia 27626294.91,6142,302142.6 IIEurope 61558695.32,9074,816165.7 1EU 27 2,3842,26695.016,23719,793121.9 2East, South Europe 2,1422,03695.014,23117,887125.7 IIIAmerica 24222994.92,0061,90695.0 1North America 1,9871,92296.716,90519,177113.4 2South America 1,7291,67897.015,40617,174111.5 3 Latin America & Caribes 181794.977125162.8 IVAfrica 24022794.61,4211,877132.1 1North Afica 21820895.514481541106.5 2Other African countries 343395.334430789.1 VAustralasia 18417695.51,1031,235111.9 VIOther Markets 36134294.72,3612,582109.4 Total 84770683.32,3933,656152.7 VIETNAM EXPORT SITUATION Exportation in terms of market 9/2013 (Unit: Million USD) (Source: Vietnam Ministry of Industry and Trade)

16. No PRODUCTS 20139 MONTHS AUGSEP PERCENTAGE (%) 20122013 PERCENTAGE (%) I Total Value 11,31911,600102.583,62196,587115.5 SOEs 4,9675,100102.739,96042,088105.3 FDIs 6,3526,500102.343,66054,499124.8 II Main Products A Products need importing (Wheat. soybean. milk. medicine and chemical product. car. phone. mobilephone.…) 9,9739,984100.173,63084,742115.1 B Import products need controlling (vegettable. gems. precious metal. …) 375385102.83,2463,344103.0 C Limited import products (Motobike. cellphone. …) 48945593.13,8044,318113.5 D Other products 482776160.92,9414,184142.3 III Import surplus - Export surplus -604300 236124 Import surplus- Export surplus Rate -5.12.7 0.30.1 VIETNAM IMPORT SITUATION Importation in terms of product 9/2013 Unit: Million USD (Source: Vietnam Ministry of Industry and Trade)

17. VIETNAM IMPORT SITUATION No COUNTRY 20139 months AugSep Percentage (%) 20122013 Percentage (%) I Asia 11,31911,600 102.5 83,62196,587 115.5 South East Asia 9,0309,276 102.7 66,45777,943 117.3 East Asia 1,7711,825 103.1 15,43415,860 102.8 South Middle Asia 6,7686,947 102.6 47,50657,749 121.6 West Asia 231237 102.6 1,7752,236 126.0 II Europe 260267 102.7 1,7422,099 120.5 EU 27 1,0701,098 102.6 7,5058,550 113.9 Some of West. East and North Europe 923947 102.6 6,3037,273 115.4 III America 147151102.41,2021,277106.3 North America 726744 102.5 5,8696,281 107.0 Latin America and Caribe 417427 102.4 3,9764,141 104.2 IV Africa 309317102.61,8942,139113.0 North Africa 5961 103.5 255382 149.6 Other African countries V Australasia 5961 103.5 255382 149.6 VI Other Markets 191197 102.9 1,6461,475 89.6 Total 242225 92.9 1,8891,957 103.6 (Source: Vietnam Ministry of Industry and Trade) Importation in terms of market Unit: Million USD

18. Thai Trade Center HCM 8 th floor. Unit 4. Saigon Center Building 65 Le Loi Boulevard. Dist 1. HCMC Tel: + 84 8 39141838 Fax: + 84 8 39141864 Email: ttc_hcmc@vnn.vn 4. Evaluation  Affected by world economy  A decline of purchasing power, of agricultural products price  Difficulties in exporting  Unfavorable weather

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