Transportation services continue to boom

Transportation services in the first two months of the year continued to boom in terms of both passenger and cargo transport, according to the National Statistics Office under the Ministry of Finance. 

The total number of transported passengers was estimated at 912.4 million, up 13.8% compared to the same period last year, including 812.9 million transport by road, 85.5 million by waterway, and 9.5 million by air.

Meanwhile, the volume of transported freight was estimated at 471.8 million tons, increasing 14.5% year-on-year. Of which, 346.3 million tons transported by road, up 15.5%, and 27.2 million tons by sea, up 25.9%.