Revenue from financial activities decreased by 23 percent to70 billion VND.
Pre-tax profit increased by 66 percent year-on-year to 405billion VND. Post-tax profit was up by 14 percent year-on-year to reach 248billion VND.
In the first six months, PTSC reported revenue of 8.7 trillionVND, down by 2.3 percent against last year. Post-tax profit was 359 billion VND,down by 39 percent. With these results, the company fulfilled 58 percentof its revenue plan and 61.4 percent of the profit plan for this year.
The biggest contributor to revenue and profit in thefirst half was mechanical engineering and construction, with 4.17 trillionVND and 233 billion VND, respectively.
Revenues and profits from supplying specialised vessels andprocessing and export of crude oil (FSO/FPSO) were 1.9 trillion VND and 53billion VND, respectively.
By the end of the second quarter, PTSC had receivables of 6.9trillion VND, up 50 percent compared to the beginning of this year./.