On the morning of January 6, 2022, the General Statistics Office (GSO) held a press conference on the situation of labor and employment in the fourth quarter and 2021 and the Vietnam Human Development Index (HDI) for the 2016-2020 period. Mr. Nguyen Trung Tien, Deputy General Director of GSO chaired the press conference.
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
Industrial production index in January 2022 decreased by 3.1% compared to the previous month and increased by 2.4% over the same period last year, of which the processing and manufacturing industry increased by 2.8%.
January 2022 is the month adjacent to the Lunar New Year, so people's shopping demand increases, the price of essential consumer goods and services increases according to the consumption law on Tet holiday.
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.
Foreign direct investment capital that implemented 2021 reached 19.74 billion USD, decreased by 1.2% over the last year
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.
