With the hope to provide readers with the recent socio-economic reality and movement of the country as well as other development resources of provinces and cities directly under the authority of the Central Government, the National Statistics Office (NSO) of Viet Nam would like to introduce the book named “Socio-economic Statistical Data of 63 Provinces and Cities 2020-2024”, compiled by the Integrated Statistics and Foreign Affairs Department.

In 2023, the world economy continued to face many difficulties and challenges such as more intense and comprehensive strategic competition among major countries, increasing geopolitical tensions; complicated armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine and fighting in the Middle East which negatively impacted on the global economic recovery after the Covid-19 pandemic. Natural disasters, droughts, storms, floods, and climate change caused serious consequences; the risks of energy security, food security, and cyber security wasincreasing... In spite of being subdued, inflation was still anchored at a high level, many major economies maintained tight monetary policies and high interest rates; global trade, consumption and investment continued their downtrend; protective barriers and trade defense measures increased, etc., affecting export and import in the region and the world. Modest growth and growing public debt in many economies, including Viet Nam’s major trading partners, posed many potential risks, and decline in world aggregate demand directly impacted countries with high ranking in economic openness, including Viet Nam.