VOV.VN - Hanoi has moved up three places from last year to reach 97th in the 2024 Smart City Index, as compiled by the International Institute for Management Development of Switzerland.

Processing and manufacturing enterprises have forecast better performance in Quarter 2 despite global headwinds posed by conflicts and high production costs, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO)’s survey.

The stock market capitalisation on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) reached over VND5.22 quadrillion (US$208.5 million) in March of this year, marking a 3.1% increase from February and a substantial 23.1% increase from the end of 2023.

VOV.VN - The 15th Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI) report was released on April 2, indicating progress made in citizen’s perceptions of local anti-corruption efforts and e-governance.

Hanoi was the most expensive place to live in Vietnam for the third consecutive years in 2023, according to the 2023 Spatial Cost of Living Index (SCOLI) report released by the General Statistics Office (GSO) on March 29.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) dropped slightly to 49.9 in March after its improvements in the previous two months, according to index provider Standard & Poor’s Global (S&P Global).

Industrial production continued to thrive in the first quarter with the entire sector’s added value rising 6.18% year on year, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) reported.

Hanoi’s economy continues its growth momentum in the first quarter of 2024, thanks to its activeness and flexibility in implementing socio-economic development measures, according to the municipal People’s Committee.

VOV.VN - The consumer price index (CPI) rose 3.77% in the first quarter of 2024 compared to the same period last year, with core inflation standing at 2.81%, reported the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Vietnam's GDP in the first quarter of 2024 will grow by around 5.5% as predicted, according to experts and thinktanks.