Vietnam’s economic situation in may and 5 months of 2006

1. Output of agriculture, forestry and fishery Agriculture: In May, provinces in the South concentrated on harvesting winter-spring paddy; productivity was estimated at 5,810 kg/ha, decreasing by 120 kg/ha over last winter-spring crop. Of which, provinces in the Mekong River Delta completed their harvest with an average productivity of 6,000 kg/ha, falling by 140 kg/ha [...]