DNVN - Sharing at the press conference to announce socio-economic statistics for the second quarter and the first 6 months of 2024, on the morning of June 29, Director General of the General Statistics Office Nguyen Thi Huong said that the gross domestic product (GDP) in the second quarter grew positively. The growth rate is estimated at 6.93% over the same period last year.
Regarding the socio-economic situation in the second quarter and the first 6 months of 2024, General Director of the General Statistics Office Nguyen Thi Huong commented that GDP in the second quarter grew positively. The growth rate is estimated at 6.93% over the same period last year, only lower than the growth rate of 7.99% in the second quarter of 2022 in the period 2020-2024.
Of which, the agriculture, forestry and fishery sector increased by 3.34%, contributing 5.36% to the total added value of the entire economy. The industry and construction sector increased by 8.29%, contributing 45.73%. The service sector increased by 7.06%, contributing 48.91%.
In the agriculture, forestry and fishery sector, the agricultural sector maintained stable growth, the output of some major perennial crops increased compared to the same period last year, and aquaculture increased quite well. The added value of the agricultural sector in the first 6 months of the year increased by 3.15% compared to the same period last year, contributing 0.27 percentage points to the total added value of the entire economy.
The forestry sector increased by 5.34% but accounted for a low proportion, so it only contributed 0.03 percentage points. The fishery sector increased by 3.76%, contributing 0.09 percentage points.
According to Ms. Huong, in the industrial and construction sector, the industry maintained its growth momentum, with some key industrial products increasing quite well, meeting the demand for new orders from businesses. The added value of the entire industry in the first 6 months of the year increased by 7.54% over the same period last year.
This figure is only lower than the 8.32% increase in the same period of 2022 in the 2020-2024 period, contributing 2.44 percentage points to the growth rate of total added value of the whole economy.
Notably, the processing and manufacturing industry was the growth driver of the entire economy with a growth rate of 8.67%, contributing 2.14 percentage points. In the service sector, exports increased sharply following the trend of recovering global consumer demand, contributing positively to economic growth.
In June, the country had 15.7 thousand newly established enterprises, up 19.1% over the previous month and up 13.1% over the same period last year. More than 7.5 thousand enterprises returned to operation, up 11.6% and up 6.1%.
At the same time, 5,418 enterprises registered to temporarily suspend business, up 2.2% and 6.2%. 5,404 enterprises stopped operations pending dissolution procedures, up 18.8% and down 6%. 2,228 enterprises completed dissolution procedures, up 44.9% and 50.3%.
“In the first 6 months of the year, the whole country had nearly 119.6 thousand newly registered enterprises and returned to operation, an increase of 5.3% over the same period in 2023. On average, 19.9 thousand newly established enterprises returned to operation per month.
The number of enterprises withdrawing from the market was 110.3 thousand enterprises, an increase of 18.4% over the same period last year. On average, nearly 18.4 thousand enterprises withdrew from the market per month," Ms. Huong said.
Hoai Anh
Source: https://doanhnghiepvn.vn/kinh-te/gdp-quy-ii-tang-truong-tich-cuc-uoc-dat-6-93/20240629100141466
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