Monday, 13:02, 05/04/2021
Vietnam’s industry grew 6.5% year on year in the first three months of 2020, with the manufacturing and processing sector expanding 9.45% and remaining as the main engine of the economic growth.
The three-month manufacturing and processing expansion was higher than 7.12% growth of last year’s Q1, but lower than 14.3% and 11.52% of 2018’s and 2019’s same period, respectively, according to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO).
Significant growth was reported in some other sectors, including metal production (30.9%), beverage production (16.9%), electric device manufacturing, and mining of metal ores (both 12.5%).
Sharp decline, by contrast, was seen in exploitation of crude oil and natural gas (13.7%), mining support services (17.5%), wastewater drainage and treatment (5.6%) among others.
Wednesday, 23:38, 03/03/2021
A report on national accounts was among the items presented by the General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO) at the ongoing 52nd session of the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC), GSO Director General Nguyen Thi Huong said.
The General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO) attends the ongoing 52nd session of the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC). (Photo: VNA)
According to Huong, the GSO has initially applied the System of National Accounts 2008 (2008 SNA), which is the latest version of the SNA adopted by the commission. This year, the office will implement a series of activities on national accounts, including the issuance of a guidebook on the classification of institutional sectors applicable to Vietnam’s statistics sector.
Updated: 7:52 AM EST Mar 3, 2021 WXII12.com Web Staff A North Carolina A&T State University student wowed the judges on the season premiere of NBC s The Voice. Victor Solomon is a senior and made his debut in the first round of blind auditions Monday night.He chose to sing John Legend s Academy Award-winning song Glory. Monday night was the first time Legend has ever turned his chair for someone singing one of his original songs.He ended up choosing Legend as his coach.Solomon told WXII 12 s Briana Conner the song selection was the easy part, but it was picking a coach that was a much tougher choice. I definitely did think about who I wanted as a coach and how it would benefit my journey on the show. Not only who I am as an artist, but thinking outside the box and getting out of my comfort zone. Solomon performed at last spring s NCA&T graduation ceremony. University leaders said his version of And I Rise Up has been viewed more than 100,000 times on F
Vietnam likely recorded a trade deficit of $800 million in February, government data released on Sunday showed, reversing a year-earlier surplus of $2.09 billion. Exports in February likely fell 4.7% from a year earlier to $20 billion, while imports were likely up 10.5% to $20.8 billion, the General Statistics Office (GSO) said in a statement. The GSO's trade data is traditionally released before the end of the reporting period and often subject to revision.
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Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam’s consumer price index (CPI) in February was up 1.52
percent over the previous month and 0.7 percent year on year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
This is the highest February CPI growth recorded in the
last eight years.
However, the index in the first two months decreased 0.14 percent
year-on-year.
Compared to the previous month, an upturn was seen in the
prices of ten out of 11 main groups of goods and services, with housing
and construction materials taking the lead (4 percent). It was followed by food and catering
services (1.61 percent); transport (1.55 percent); drinking and tobacco (0.9