Generally, in the first 4 months of this year, input producer price used for production increased by 4.64% over the same period last year, of which input producer price used for agriculture, forestry and fishery production rose 6.77%; for industrial production increased by 4.95%; for construction went up by 1.95%.
Cultivation is one of the key sectors of the agricultural sector. The gross output of the crop industry accounts for 64-68% of the production value of the entire agricultural sector.
Due to impressive growth, electronic goods, computers and their parts have surpassed textile and apparel to become Viet Nam's second largest group of goods for exportation since 2019.
On November 28, 2012, the United Nations selected March 21 every year as International Day of Forests (IDF), the purpose of calling for nations to join hands in restoring their loss forests, raise awareness about the importance of forests, and offer solutions to protect and develop forests in a sustainable manner. In 2021, the IDF has the theme: "Forest restoration: a path to recovery and well-being"
Generally, in the first quarter of 2021, gross retail sales of consumer goods and services reached 1,291.1 trillion VND, up 5.1% over the same period last year.
The prospect of attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) in Vietnam in 2021 is bright in the context that many large, medium and small investors from developed countries gradually divert investment into Vietnam.
Continuing the recovery and positive growth from the fourth quarter of 2020, our country's macroeconomic in the first quarter of 2021 continued to remain stable, the weather in the first months of the year was relatively favorable, and African swine fever which is well controlled, is a favorable condition for production and business.
In the first quarter, people's life was difficult due to the Covid epidemic with a new variant re-exploding in January. Facing this situation, the Party, Government, ministries, branches and localities have adopted policies to promote production development, create conditions for the development of industries, and contribute to improving income and living standards for people.
Despite there are many difficulties due to the impact of diseases on livestock, extreme changes of weather and climate, livestock has basically met the set targets, maintained high growth rate and fully met domestic demand and exportation.
The output of harvested pangasius in the first quarter of 2021 was estimated at 321.8 thousand tons, up 0.8% over the same period last year, accounting for nearly 47% of farmed fish production and 34.2% of total farming production.
