VOV.VN - Approximately 9.1 million people aged 15 and over have been negatively affected by the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic during the first quarter of the year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

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.

VOV.VN - The capital was the most costliest city nationwide last year, according to the Spatial Cost of Living Index (SCOLI) as compiled by the General Statistics Office (GSO).

The Vietnamese economy continues to face many difficulties in the following quarters and the target of a 6.5% growth rate this year will be a great challenge as the global economy is still affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, head of the General Statistics Office (GSO) Nguyen Thi Huong has stated.

VOV.VN - The opening three months of the year witnessed as many as 40,300 local enterprises suspend their operations for a definite period, or halt working as they await and finalise dissolution procedures, an increase of 15.6% over the same period from last year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

VOV.VN - The gross domestic product (GDP) during the initial quarter of the year is estimated to have recorded an increase of 4.48% compared to the same period from last year, according to data released by the General Statistics Office (GSO) at a press conference held on March 29 in Hanoi.

About 20,000 persons with disabilities (PWDs) in Vietnam receive vocational training each year under the vocational training project for rural labourers.

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.

VOV.VN - The General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO) launched the 2021 Economic Census nationwide on March 1 with the primary aim of providing an assessment of the nation’s socio-economic development, thereby helping the Party and State to make further development plans and policies.

VOV.VN - China made up the nation’s largest import market during the first two months of the year with an estimated turnover of US$17.3 billion, representing a year-on-year increase of 85.7%, according to data recently released by the General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO).