Accounting for 45 per cent of the country’s population and with an important geographical location and good infrastructure, Vietnam’s northern region of 28 cities and provinces achieved many positive results in industrial production and commercial services in the first nine months of the year. In general, however, the region is yet to fully exploit its potential and advantages.
According to the General Statistics Office, industrial production continued to recover in July and was estimated to have increased 1.6 per cent over June and 11.2 per cent year-on-year. This is due to the efforts of enterprises to expand production to compensate for the two years that Covid-19 affected industrial production.