As of July 15, 2014, the country’s winter rice cultivated area was 1,088,600 hectares, equaling 99% from the same period last year, of which provinces in the North cultivated 953,000 ha, equaling 98%; provinces in the South completed 135,600 ha, equaling 106.9%.
December’s CPI rose 0.51 percent from November, and it grew 6.04% from December 2012. The average increase of CPI in 2013 was 6.6% compared to 2012’s.
As of August 15, 2014, the country cultivated 1,446,500 hectares of winter rice, equaling 98.6% from the same period last year, of which provinces in the North completed 1,179,100 hectares, equaling the figure in the same period last year; provinces in the South cultivated 267,400 hectares, equaling 92.7%.
Average CPI in eight months of this year went up by 0.83% compared with that in 2014’s identical period.
Nine months’ GDP achieved an estimated growth of 5.62% against the same period in 2013, of which it raised 5.09% in the 1st quarter; 5.42% in the 2nd Quarter; 6.19% in the 3rd Quarter). Of the general growth rate, the sector of agriculture, forestry and fishery rose 3.00%; industry and construction 6.42%; service 5.99%.
Average CPI in seven months of this year went up by 0.86% compared with that in 2014’s identical period.
As of mid-October, provinces in the North harvested 866,400 hectares of winter-rice, accounting for 73% of the cultivated area and equaling 102.3% compared to the figures in the same period last year. The winter-rice cultivated area in the South was 784,100 hectares, equaled 97.4% from the identical period in 2013.
As of mid-November, the country harvested 1,383,100 hectares of winter rice, equaling 93.8% from the same period last year, of which it was 1,169,100 hectares for provinces of the North, accounting for 98.9% of the cultivated area and attaining approximately the figures in 2013’s same period; it was 214,000 hectares for provinces of the South, equaling 70.4%.
2014’s GDP achieved an estimated growth of 5.98% against 2013, of which GDP in the first quarter increased by 5.06%, by 5.34% in the second quarter, by 6.07% in the third quarter and by 6.96%
Average CPI in six beginning months of this year went up by 0.86% compared with the figures in the last year’s identical period.
