
Hanoi – In order to achieve the target of industrial growth of 7-7.5%
this year, Hanoi has been implementing a series of solutions to support
industrial enterprises in the capital city.
Data from
the Hanoi Statistics Office showed that the industrial production index (IIP)
is estimated to grow by 3.3% last month over the previous month and by 3.6%
over the same period last year.
The index in
the first four months of 2023 rose by 1.6% over the same period last year.
The labour
utilisation index of industrial enterprises in the first four months of the
year fell by 3.6% over the same period last year.
The city had
2,900 newly-registered enterprises last month, a year-on-year increase of 15%, raising the figure in the first four months to 10,300, up 13% from the same period last year.
Talking
about the 1.6% growth of industrial production, Acting Director of Hanoi’s
Department of Industry and Trade Tran Thi Phuong Lan said that the reason was
due to the city’s socio-economic situation, which takes place in a complicated
global context.
Facing
common difficulties, the capital city’s leaders had directed its Department of
Industry and Trade and other departments in the area to implement synchronous
and drastic solutions to promote economic recovery and development.
Therefore,
the macroeconomic situation remained stable, inflation was controlled, and
social security was ensured.
The
municipal Party Committee, People’s Council and People’s Committee had focused
on directing all levels, branches and localities to promote economic growth,
speeding up socio-economic recovery and industrial production from the
beginning of the year.
In
particular, Hanoi would develop plans to organise fairs and exhibitions,
connect businesses in supporting and key industries, so that companies could
meet domestic and foreign partners to exchange, deploy and apply scientific and
technical advances, connect consumption of machinery products, industrial
equipment and proceed to export.
Besides
organising specialised fairs of supporting industry products and key industrial
products, most recently, the city has also organised a fair of industrial
products, machinery and equipment and automation with the participation of
domestic and foreign supporting industry enterprises from the Republic of
Korea, Japan, Taiwan (China), Hong Kong (China), and Thailand.
Through
fairs and exhibitions, enterprises manufacturing and trading supporting
industrial products, machinery and equipment of Hanoi in particular and the
whole country, in general, could introduce and promote products, and connect
production between enterprises in the supply chain, said Lan.
It would
help raise standards of quality and competitiveness of products, meeting
customers’ needs.
Besides the
support of the authorities, now businesses in the capital were also trying to
maintain and develop production, said Lan.
Notably, the
industrial production index of enterprises in Hanoi last year grew
significantly more than in the first quarter of this year, showing that
industrial enterprises in the city had gradually stabilised, she added.
Businesses
were actively seeking orders in the industrial field. Companies are also
searching for new markets while maintaining and keeping the traditional
markets.
Besides
organising fairs, exhibitions, and trade promotion programmes to promote
industrial development, Lan said that the Hanoi Department of Industry and
Trade would continue to carefully monitor and grasp the difficulties and
problems of enterprises to propose to the competent authorities and especially
the Hanoi People’s Committee to solve them promptly.
In addition,
the city would support businesses in the fields of capital, science and
technology, and trade promotion so that companies could continue to promote
development and retain labourers./.