Agricultural production in February 2022 took place in severe cold weather conditions in the northern provinces, which affected the growth and development of plants and animals. Livestock production faced difficulties due to rising feed prices and the risk of a re-emergence of African swine fever.
The Rural, Agricultural and Fishery Census is carried out every 10 years. Between the two censuses, there is a mid-term survey conducted to collect and synthesize a number of key indicators on rural areas and agriculture. This mid-term survey was conducted on July 1, 2020 . This is a large-scale survey conducted nationwide to collect information of 8,297 communes, 20,611 farms and 1.6 million sample households.
As of mid-February, the whole country cultivated 2,638.7 thousand hectares of winter-spring rice, equaling 101.2% of the same period last year.
Agricultural production in the month focused mainly on cultivating and tending winter-spring rice, planting crops across the country, and harvesting winter crops in the North. Pig husbandry continued to recover; poultry developed well.
January 2022 has fewer working days than the previous month and the same period last year because the Lunar New Year holiday is concentrated at the end of January
Gross domestic product (GDP) in 2021 is estimated to increase by 2.58% over the same period last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic seriously affecting all sectors of the economy, especially in the third quarter of 2021, key economic localities have to implement prolonged social distancing to prevent the pandemic.
In general, in 2021, the newly concentrated planted forest area nationwide was estimated at 277.8 thousand hectares, up 2.8% over the previous year
The agriculture, forestry, and fishery sector in 2020 took place in relatively favorable weather conditions for crops and livestock to grow and develop. However, due to the complicated development of the Covid-19 pandemic, especially in the third quarter, many localities have implemented social distancing, affecting the supply chain of production – processing – consumption of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products.
On the morning of December 29, 2021, the General Statistics Office (GSO) held a press conference to announce the socio-economic statistics of the fourth quarter and the year 2021. Ms. Nguyen Thi Huong, GSO General Director, chaired the press conference.
GDP in 2021 was estimated to increase by 2.58% over the previous year due to the Covid-19 seriously affecting all areas of the economy, especially in the third quarter of 2021.
