Industrial production in the third quarter of 2021 faced many difficulties due to the complicated developments of the Covid-19 epidemic, especially in localities with large industrial zones that had to implement prolonged social distancing.
Gross domestic product (GDP) in the third quarter of 2021 was estimated to decrease by 6.17% over the same period last year, the deepest decrease since Vietnam calculated and announced quarterly GDP up to now.
Agriculture, forestry, and fishery production in August took place in relatively favorable weather conditions for crops and livestock to grow and develop.
The Covid-19 pandemic is complicated, many localities have implemented social distancing, affecting the supply chain of production - processing - consumption of agricultural, forestry and fishery products.
Industrial production in August was affected when the Covid-19 pandemic continued to develop complicatedly, many localities had to implement social distancing to prevent epidemics according to Directive No. 16/CT-TTg
Despite being affected by the Covid-19 epidemic, with the efforts and determination of businesses and the drastic direction of all levels, sectors, localities, Hanoi industry sector in the first 6 months of the year recovered positively, increased by 7.95% over the same period last year and contributed 1.03 percentage points to the overall growth (GRDP) of the whole city; the production and export of high-tech products are interested and focused.
Agriculture, forestry, and fishery production in July took place in relatively favorable weather conditions for crops and livestock to grow and develop.
Localities focus on speeding up the sowing of summer rice, taking care of summer-autumn rice and harvesting summer-autumn rice early, ensuring planting and harvesting in the best time frame.
The fourth Covid-19 pandemic with a new strain has been complicated, negatively affecting industrial production in July and seven months of this year.
Generally, in the first 6 months of 2021, the added value of the industry increased by 8.91%, of which the processing and manufacturing industry increased by 11.42%, higher than the growth rate of 5.06% of the same period in 2020.
