Trade, services remain bright spot of Da Nang’s economic growth

The gross regional domestic product (GRDP) of Da Nang city in the first half of 2023 was estimated to increase by 3.74% year on year, according to the municipal Statistics Office.
Trade, services remain bright spot of Da Nang’s economic growth ảnh 1People fly kites on a beach in Da Nang city. (Photo: VNA)

Da Nang (VNA) - The gross regional domestic product (GRDP) of Da Nang city in the first half of 2023 was estimated to increase by 3.74% year on year, according to the municipalStatistics Office.

In term of growth rate, Da Nang ranked third out offive centrally-run cities and 46th out of 63 provinces and cities nationwide. Meanwhile, in terms of GRDP scale, the city ranked fourth out offive centrally-run cities and 17th in the country.

Director of the Statistics Office Tran Van Vu said the city's economic scale in the past six months was estimated at more than 64.78 trillion VND (2.74 billion USD), up more than 5.31 trillion VNDcompared to the same period in 2022.

In the reviewed period, the agro-forestry-fishery sector contributed 2.15% to the city's GRDP, while the industry and construction sector made up 18.75% and the service sector accounted for69.19%.

The trade and service sector continued to be a bright spotwith an increase of 6.15% over the same period last year, making a positivecontribution to the city's overall economic growth. Among them, sectors withhigh growth were administrative activities and supporting services (up 62.2%);services for individuals and community (up 38%); accommodation and food services (up 32.8%).

By June 20, the city's total state budget revenue reached 9.68 trillion VND, down 25.3% over the same period in2022, while its total preliminary budget expenditure reached 13.12 trillion VND, up 7.5% yearon year.

Theimplementation of tax exemption and reduction policies to support people andbusinesses to restore production and business and new policies issued in 2023have reduced the city's revenue in the first months of 2023, Vu said.

Da Nang’s economic growth will continueto face many difficulties and has not yet been able to achieve breakthroughs but it is likely to improve in the second half of the year, he predicted./.

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