Socio-economic situation in August and eight months of 2016
As of August 15, the whole country cultivated 1352.0 thousand hectares of winter rice, equaling 98.9% from the same period last year, of which Northern provinces cultivated 1127.1 thousand hectares, equaling 98.6% from the same period last year; Southern localities cultivated 224.9 thousand hectares, equaling 100.4% from the same period last year.