(HBO) – Hoa Binh province’s gross regional domestic product (GRDP) grew by 16.1 percent in the first half of 2021, the highest in the past three years, the latest data from the provincial Statistics Office shows.
The provincial Statistics
Office announces socio-economic statistics in the first half of 2021.
The
industry and construction posted the highest growth of 32.22 percent during the
period, the office announced in a press conference on June 29.
The
agro-forestry-fishery sector; and services increased 3.57 percent and 5.51
percent, respectively.
As
many as 260 new businesses were established in the province in the first six
months of the year, registering total capital of about 6.48 trillion VND.
Total
retail sales of goods exceeded 4.69 trillion VND, a year-on-year increase of
9.18 percent.
The
office reported that the complexity of the COVID-19 pandemic since the
beginning of the year has taken heavy toll on business and production,
particularly in the fields of tourism and services. Disease outbreaks have also
hit local cattle farming, slowing the reproduction efforts.
The province has also been strengthening preventive measures against the
spread of COVID-19. About 28,200 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been
administered to priority groups of people in Hoa Binh so far.
Currently, Luong Son district counts 905 business establishments operating in industry and handicraft, helping generate jobs and stable incomes for local labourers.
Hoa Binh scored the highest points in two out of the eight indicators of the Public Administrative Reform (PAR) Index ranking in 2023 that the Ministry of Home Affairs announced on April 17.
A working delegation from Hoa Binh province led by Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Bui Van Khanh is attending a programme to popularise Vietnamese products in the US and Canada on April 20-28.
Anyone found to be encroaching upon the forest, even if it is just one bamboo shoot, will face penalties. This commitment has been unanimously added into the covenant of Bua Cau hamlet, Hung Son commune in Kim Boi district, to protect the forest.
The Hoa Binh Power Corporation (PC Hoa Binh) has applied synchronous measures to gear up for the coming summer season when power consumption demand surge may cause a risk of power supply disruption.