Hanoi has posted GRDP growth of 5.97 per cent in the first half of 2023, according to Deputy Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Ha Minh Hai.

Sectors maintaining growth include industrial production, agriculture, forestry, and fisheries, and tourism, he told a recent meeting with the media.

Vietnam’s capital attracted over $1.84 million worth of FDI in the first five months of the year.

More than 13,000 new enterprises were established in the five-month period, with total registered capital of nearly VND126 trillion ($5.31 billion), a year-on-year increase of 8 per cent and bringing the total number of businesses in the capital to 362,000.