Topic: economic sectors

The Hanoi People’s Committee has assigned the Hanoi Metropolitan Railway Management Board (MRB), relevant departments, and sectors to study the building of Metro Line No. 6, linking Noi Bai International Airport with Ngoc Hoi, on National Highway No. 1 in Thanh Tri district. Under the Hanoi Capital Construction General Planning to 2030 and vision to 2050, approved in Decision No. 1259/QD-TTg dated July 26, 2011, the urban railway network consists of eight lines with a total length of about 318 km.

Thanh Hoa province attracted $41 million in FDI in the first nine months of this year; one of the poorest results in the north-central region. Investment to neighboring Nghe An and Ha Tinh provinces, meanwhile, increased sharply. These two provinces have rapidly developed their industrial sectors in recent years. Ha Tinh has the Vung Ang Economic Zone as a driving force for development, while Nghe An has two or three industrial parks attracting investment.

The 2021 Economic and Administrative Census, released by the General Statistics Office on June 29, found that the average workforce at enterprises in general declined in the 2016-2020 period, but the number of workers in the non-State sector increased. The economic structure continued to shift positively, towards reducing the proportion of agriculture, forestry, and fishery and increasing the proportion of industry, construction, and services.