As of January 20, 2025, the country has cultivated 2,020.2 thousand hectares of winter-spring rice, equaling 103.9% of the same period last year. In which, the Northern localities reached 217.7 thousand hectares, equaling 141.4% due to favorable weather.
With the hope to provide readers with recently socio-economic [...]
In the context of increasing industrialization and modernization, Vietnam is committed to implementing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in which protecting water resources and the environment is a top priority, especially wastewater treatment, which has become a major challenge.
The index of industrial production in December was estimated to increase by 8.8% over the same period last year. In which, the mining industry decreased by 3.7% over the same period last year; the processing and manufacturing industry increased by 10.2%; the electricity production and distribution industry increased by 5.6% and the water supply and waste and wastewater treatment industry increased by 16.4%.
In 2023, the world economy continued to face many difficulties and challenges such as more intense and comprehensive strategic competition among major countries, increasing geopolitical tensions; complicated armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine and fighting in the Middle East which negatively impacted on the global economic recovery after the Covid-19 pandemic. Natural disasters, droughts, storms, floods, and climate change caused serious consequences; the risks of energy security, food security, and cyber security wasincreasing... In spite of being subdued, inflation was still anchored at a high level, many major economies maintained tight monetary policies and high interest rates; global trade, consumption and investment continued their downtrend; protective barriers and trade defense measures increased, etc., affecting export and import in the region and the world. Modest growth and growing public debt in many economies, including Viet Nam’s major trading partners, posed many potential risks, and decline in world aggregate demand directly impacted countries with high ranking in economic openness, including Viet Nam.
Agricultural production in November focused mainly on completing the harvest of winter rice across the country, planting winter crops in northern localities and harvesting autumn-winter rice in the Mekong Delta provinces.
Agricultural production in October focused on tending and harvesting winter rice and autumn-winter rice across the country and planting winter crops in the North. Livestock development was stable, and localities focused on recovering production after the impact of storm No. 3.
The index of industrial production in November increased by 2.3% compared to the previous month and increased by 8.9% over the same period last year. Generally, in the first eleven months of 2024, the production index of the whole industry is estimated to increase by 8.4% over the same period last year.
As of November 20, 2024, the whole country has harvested 1,403.4 thousand hectares of seasonal rice, accounting for 90.7% of the cultivated area and equal to 95.7% of the same period last year. In which, the Northern localities harvested 933.8 thousand hectares, accounting for 93.8% and equaling 94.5%; the southern localities harvested 469.6 thousand hectares, accounting for 85.3% and equaling 98.2%.
Strategic competition among major countries is intensifying, geopolitical tensions, and military conflicts are escalating in several nations, affecting global peace and stability, which in turn undermines trade, investment, production, and consumption systems.
