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TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION IN 2023

In 2023, despite being affected by the erratic fluctuations in
gasoline prices, transportation activities continued to maintained a fairly
high growth rate compared to the previous year in both passengers and
freight transport thanks to the continued recovery and development of

the economy, and the increased demand for freight transport and travel
of residents. In 2023, passengers carried was estimated to increase by
8.95%, passengers traffic was estimated to rise by 8.30%; freight carried
and freight traffic were estimated to expand by 9.84% and 9.31%,
respectively.

In 2023, total turnover from transportation reached 2,095.8
billion VND, a year-on-year increase of 10.14%. By transport activities,
turnover from transport by road way reached 1,727.93 billion VND, an

increase of 10.40%; transport by inland waterway gained 3.52 billion
VND, up 8.12%. By type of transport, turnover from passenger carried
and freight carried soared by 9.83% and 10.49%, respectively over the
previous year.

In 2023, postal and telecommunications activities developed
steadily. Postal and telecommunications enterprises continuously
diversified service packages, ensured network safety, information
security, improved service quality, and met the needs of consumer.

Generally, in 2023, the communications services in the province

developed stably. The number of telephone subscribers in 2023 was
671.5 thousand subscribers; including 665.2 thousand mobile phone
subscribers, 6.3 thousand landline phone subscribers. The number of
Internet subscribers was 662.9 thousand subscribers, a year-on-year
increase of 15.08%; of which, the landline phone subscribers and

mobile phone subscribers increased by 9.39% and 16.57%, respectively.

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