MARKET ACCESS
Domestic market:
Currently, Ho Chi Minh City's population is about 5,449,217 people, and with GDP per capital is $1,558 USD in 2002.

HOUSEHOLD EXPENSES STRUCTURE PER MONTH (%)
(In Ho Chi Minh City)

.

1996

1997

1998

1999 2000

2001

2002

Foods
Housings
Equipment, furniture
Garments
Transportation
Education
Health care
Recreation
Others
Total

49.3
10.5
10.1
5.8
3.9
6.7
4.1
4.2
5.4
100

48.3
11.1
10.4
507
3.8
6.9
4.2
4.2
5.4
100

47.6
11.6
10.8
5.6
3.7
7.1
3.9
4.1
5.6
100

46.8
12.1
11.3
5.7
3.8
7.1
3.7
4.1
5.5
100
45.7
12.5
11.7
5.7
4.0
7.0
3.8
4.1
5.5
100

45.4
12.5
11.7
5.8
4.0
7.0
3.9
4.2
5.5
100

51.7
7.9
6.9
5.0
9.2
6.7
4.2
3.4
5.3
100

 

 

SALES STRUCTURE

As of March, 2003

Unit: Million USD

Item

03 months

(%)

Total

Retail

Total

Retail

1. Commercial Trading

12,192,895

4,010,283

0.0

0.0

- Food-stuff

2,077,101

952,183

14.6

16.2

- Others

10,115,794

3,058,100

70.8

52.0

2. Hotel, restaurant

700,399

700,399

4.9

11.9

-Hotel

164,866

164,866

0.0

0.0

- Restaurant

535,533

535,533

0.0

0.0

3. Service

329,251

329,251

2.3

5.6

4. Tourism

87,000

87,000

0.0

0.0

5. Small businesses

969,254

758,433

0.0

0.0

  • Percentage of households getting amenities of home life

 

Whole city (%)

Urban (%)

Rural (%)

1. Having television sets

 

 

 

1996

86,8

91,1

74,9

1997

87,5

91,8

75,5

1998

87,6

91,9

75,9

1999

87,7

91,9

75,9

2000

88,5

92,1

76,6

2001

88,8

92,3

77,3

2002

89.2

92.5

78.0

2. Having video sets

 

 

 

1996

57,0

69,3

23,0

1997

58,1

70,5

23,5

1998

58,4

71,1

23,5

1999

58,7

71,1

23,8

2000

61,1

72,3

23,8

2001

62,1

73,5

24,1

2002

63.1

74.8

24.4

3. Having cassette radios

 

 

 

1996

79,2

80,0

77,0

1997

80,3

81,2

77,8

1998

80,8

81,9

77,8

1999

81,1

81,9

78,5

2000

81,4

82,2

78,9

2001

81,8

82,5

79,3

2002

82.1

82.8

79.7

4. Having telephones

 

 

 

1996

16,6

21,5

3,0

1997

20,6

26,9

3,0

1998

21,2

27,8

3,3

1999

32,3

40,0

6,8

2000

33,4

41,0

7,9

2001

34,4

42,0

9,2

2002

33.5

43.1

10.7

Total number of telephone on the network: there are 710,000 telephones, increase 16.4%. 16,500 Public telephone, increased 9.3%. 120 Telex machine, decrease 7.7%

  •  Growth rate of internet users:

According to the Post: Up to present, the number of internet users in Vietnam reach 113,000, increase by 260% compare with the same period of 1999 (the total internet users was 44,000). This is a highest growth rate in current years.

In a latest report, the number of internet users account for 1.26% of total national population.

  • Rate of people use clear water

Currently, 6.8% of 346,000 residents (1.6 million people) in the suburb of the City has no clear water, the main water source is raining water and well-water. The number of residents user well-water is 67.7% (234,000 residents), and 86,000 residents (26.5% of the population) use tap-water.

 
  • Average population by districts

Person

 

1995

1996

2000

2001

WHOLE CITY

4.640.117

4.748.596

5.174.785

5.285.454

Urban

3.191.189

3.247.039

4.232.463

4.326.697

Dist. 1

242.864

239.781

227.578

227.805

Dist. 2

-

-

101.545

108.497

Dist. 3

235.055

232.897

221.068

223.897

Dist. 4

192.108

192.967

196.662

197.583

Dist. 5

216.847

216.015

211.108

210.989

Dist. 6

242.639

246.307

258.014

262.379

Dist. 7

-

-

114.490

117.149

Dist. 8

304.331

311.482

336.201