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.
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.
The average population of Vietnam in 2021 is 98.51 million people. The quality of the population has improved, fertility has decreased, and replacement fertility has been maintained since 2005.
On 9 December 2021, the General Statistics Office of Viet Nam launched the spatial data system on population and development
In the morning of September 29, 2021, GSO held a press conference to announce the socio-economic statistics of the third quarter and nine months of 2021 in a direct format at the headquarters of GSO and online at 63 Statistical Offices of provinces (PSOs)
Ms Naomi Kitahara, UNFPA Representative for Vietnam responded to the questions raised by the General Statistics Office providing an in-depth information about the purpose of population and housing census.
Domestically, following the results achieved in 2020, in the first months of 2021, our country's macro-economy continues to be stable and starts to prosper.
population ageing has evolved swiftly in Viet Nam, which in turn requires adaptive policies and programmes. The analysis also identifies different characteristics of groups in old age, and provides a number of policy recommendations to help the country meet the individual needs of older persons in order to take care of them as well as promote their role as a resource for economic growth and development in Viet Nam.
GSO held a press conference to announce the report on labor and employment situation in the second quarter and six months of 2021 and the results of the of the Household Living Standards Survey 2020. Mr. Nguyen Trung Tien - Deputy General Director of GSO chaired the press conference.
