Vietnam Agriculture in 2021 to Smoothly Achieve Its Mandates

The COVID-19 pandemic made the Vietnam GDP in the third quarter decrease by 6.2 per cent as compared to the same period last year. Finally, the real GDP growth in 2021 reached 2.5% (General Statistics Office of Vietnam). Before that, both the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM), under the Ministry of Planning and Investment, and the World Bank were optimistic about Việt Nam’s economy in 2021, predicting growth of 6.0 per cent and 6.8 per cent, respectively. Although the COVID-19 outbreak, the Vietnam agriculture sector has increased by 3.16 percent as compared to 2020; including crop products and husbandry of of 3.18%, forestry of 3.85% and fishery of 1.85%.