Petrol prices increase according to world prices; Rising prices of consumer goods and services were the main reasons for the consumer price index (CPI) in May 2021 to increase by 0.16% over the previous month and by 2.9% compared to May 2020.
In the winter-spring rice crop in 2021, the whole country cultivated 3,007.5 thousand hectares, equaling 99.4% of the previous year. The Mekong Delta region has finished the winter-spring rice crop of 2021 with production of 10.94 million tons.
Generally, in the first 4 months of this year, input producer price used for production increased by 4.64% over the same period last year, of which input producer price used for agriculture, forestry and fishery production rose 6.77%; for industrial production increased by 4.95%; for construction went up by 1.95%.
Poultry breeding is developing well, pig breeding is recovering. The consumption market for agricultural, forestry and fishery products has been opened and expanded.
Production of agriculture, forestry and fishery in April 2021 took place in favorable weather conditions for plants and animals to grow and develop.
The price of food and foodstuff decreased due to plentiful supplies; the decrease in the price of electricity and water for a living according to consumption demand were the main reasons causing the consumer price index (CPI) in April 2021 to decrease by 0.04% from the previous month.
The average CPI of the first quarter of 2021 increased by 0.29% compared to the same period of 2020
Continuing the recovery and positive growth from the fourth quarter of 2020, our country's macroeconomic in the first quarter of 2021 continued to remain stable, the weather in the first months of the year was relatively favorable, and African swine fever which is well controlled, is a favorable condition for production and business.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank (WB), and other international organizations have given positive forecasts on the global economic outlook
