Agricultural production in the month focuses mainly on planting and taking care of winter rice; harvesting rice and others in the summer-autumn crop and at the same time sowing rice for the autumn-winter crop.
The world economic situation in the first months of 2023 faced many difficulties, which affected the results of domestic industrial production. In the first eight months of 2023, the industrial production index was estimated to decrease by 0.4% over the same period last year.
Petrol prices, domestic rice prices increasing in line with world prices, and rental housing prices increasing according to demand are the main reasons for the consumer price index (CPI) in August 2023 to increase by 0.88% compared to the previous month.
As of August 15, 2023, the whole country cultivated 1,387.3 thousand hectares of winter rice, equaling 98.6% of the same period last year.
Agricultural production in this month focuses on speeding up the planting of winter rice and autumn-winter rice, caring for summer-autumn rice and harvesting early summer-autumn rice
Industrial production in July was better than the previous month, estimated industrial production index in the month increased by 3.9% from the previous month and increased by 3.7% over the same period last year.
The increase in food, food and electricity prices caused the consumer price index (CPI) in July 2023 to increase by 0.45% compared to the previous month.
As of July 15, the whole country cultivated 1,194.4 thousand ha of winter paddy, equaling 105.8% of the same period last year, of which: Northern localities cultivated 836.1 thousand ha, equaling 108%; the southern localities planted 358.3 thousand ha, equaling 101%.
The Government's drastic direction from the beginning of the year has initially brought into play its effectiveness, in which the determination of ministries, branches and localities to focus on promoting the implementation of public investment capital from the first months of the year, especially in the second quarter of 2023.
Total export and import turnover of goods in June was estimated at 56.01 billion USD, up 3.6% over the previous month and down 14.1% over the same period last year.
