Da Nang’s industrial production up 8.6% in 11 months
The central city of Da Nang recorded a hike of 8.6% in industrial production in the first 11 months of this year, reported the municipal Statistics Office on December 1.
Da Nang (VNA) – The central city of Da Nang recorded a hike of 8.6% in industrialproduction in the first 11 months of this year, reported the municipal Statistics Officeon December 1.
Specifically, the manufacturingand processing sector expanded by 7.4%, electricity production and distributiongrew by 15.2%, water supply-garbage and wastewater management and treatment up27.5% and mining up 3.8%.
Key industrialproducts with high output include frozen shrimps, sport footwear and brickswhich recorded respective increases of 25.4%, 27.2% and 31%.
The total retail ofgoods and services during the period was estimated at over 100.63 trillion VND(4.13 billion USD), up 45.7% year-on-year. Of which, revenue from lodging anddining services topped 16.74 trillion VND, up 81.3%.
The total number of overnightvisitors reached over 3.37 million, up 197.6% while revenue from tourism and hospitalityservices rose 9.7 times to more than 2 trillion VND.
Several areas sawpositive growth, including transportation, post and delivery, and aquaculture. Witha total trade of over 3.4 billion USD, the city posted a trade surplus of 403.3million USD.
ꦛ As of November 20, thecity’s total expenditure decreased by 15.4% to over 21.34 trillion VND./.
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