Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Da Nang (VNA) – 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.
Specifically, the manufacturing and processing sector expanded by 7.4%, electricity production and distribution grew by 15.2%, water supply-garbage and wastewater management and treatment up 27.5% and mining up 3.8%.
Key industrial products with high output include frozen shrimps, sport footwear and bricks which recorded respective increases of 25.4%, 27.2% and 31%.
The total retail of goods 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 and dining services topped 16.74 trillion VND, up 81.3%.
The total number of overnight visitors reached over 3.37 million, up 197.6% while revenue from tourism and hospitality services rose 9.7 times to more than 2 trillion VND.
Several areas saw positive growth, including transportation, post and delivery, and aquaculture. With a total trade of over 3.4 billion USD, the city posted a trade surplus of 403.3 million USD.
As of November 20, the city’s total expenditure decreased by 15.4% to over 21.34 trillion VND./.
