Reopening the economy is being considered an inevitable path to create an opportunity to reverse gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the fourth quarter and improve that of the whole year 2021.

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.