97,000 New Jobs in Industrial Sector Over Nine Months

The number of jobs created by industries in the nine months to Dec. 20, 2020, increased by 29% compared with the corresponding period of the previous year, a deputy minister of industries, mining and trade said. 
“A total of 97,000 jobs were added to the country’s industrial sector during the period under review,” he was quoted as saying by IRNA. 
“Five thousand permits were issued for new manufacturing enterprises during the period, indicating an 8.3% growth year-on-year.”