The year 2020 recorded strong efforts of import and export activities in the context of domestic as well as the world economy negatively affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and the global trade disruption
The realized investment in 2020 increased by 5.7% compared to 2019, the lowest increase in the period 2011-2020 due to the negative impact of Covid-19 epidemic on all activity
For the whole year 2020, passengers carried decreased by 29.6% and freight carried decreased by 5.2% compared to the previous year
The Covid-19 pandemic was well controlled in the country, the EU and Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) has been implemented, so industrial production in the fourth quarter of 2020 has prospered.
The average population of Vietnam in 2020 was 97.58 million people. The quality of the population has improved, fertility has declined sharply over the past three decades and the replacement fertility rate has basically been maintained since 2005.
Generally, in 2020, the whole country had 16.5 thousand households suffering from food shortage, a decrease of 75.9% over the previous year, corresponding to 66.5 thousand persons suffering from food shortage, a decrease of 76.1%
The 2020 is considered as a year of difficulties and challenges for the world economy in general, including Viet Nam. However, Viet Nam's economy still maintained growth with GDP growth estimated to increase by 2.91%.
In 2020, the new concentrated forests area was estimated at 260.5 thousand hectares, decreased by 3.2% over the same period last year
Rice area in 2020 was estimated at 7.28 million ha, a decrease of 192 thousand ha over the previous year due to the conversion of production structure and land use purposes; rice yield was estimated at 58.7 quintal/ha, rose by 0.5 quintals/ha; rice production was estimated at 42.69 million tons, down 806.6 thousand tons due to the rice area decreasing
GSO held a press conference to announce the report on social and economic situations in the fourth quarter and 2020. Ms. Nguyen Thi Huong - Director General of GSO chaired the press conference and announced some main issues about social and economic situations of Viet Nam in the fourth quarter and 2020
