Da Nang’s gross regional domestic product (GRDP) has been estimated to be down 9.77% this year to about VND100 trillion compared to 2019 due to COVID-19, a press conference held on December 29 to announce the central city’s socio-economic figures for 2020 heard.

An official of Bac Ninh expressed his hope that Sri Lanka will invest in many projects in this northern province, as well as Vietnam as a whole, while receiving a delegation of the Sri Lankan Embassy led by Ambassador Prasanna Gamage on November 27.

A workshop on investment promotion from the Republic of Korea (RoK) in the southern province of Binh Duong was held in the form of an online conference on November 20.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on October 17 urged the central province of Nghe An to form a complex of scientific research and transfer that meets national standards in the next five years, as part of measures to realize the goal of becoming a development hub of the north central region.

Hanoi has targeted economic growth of at least 5% in the fourth quarter of this year, to ensure its annual growth is 1.3 times higher than in the country’s average, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Doan Toan has said.

Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has praised the outcomes of the patriotism emulation movement in the northern province of Thai Nguyen, saying they have contributed significantly to local socio-economic development over the past five years.

VOV.VN - Hanoi is aiming to lead the country’s economic recovery efforts in the post-novel coronavirus (COVID-19) landscape, with the Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) at 1.3-fold higher than the country's GDP growth rate.