Vietnam ’s industrial production value is estimated to have increased 4.8 per cent on-year to VND324,249 billion (US$19.186 billion) in the first half of this year, the General Statistics Office (GSO) reported on June 25.
In June, the industrial value is estimated to have made VND58,382 billion (US$3.45 billion), up 8.2 per cent on-year.
In the six-month period this year, the foreign-invested sector is estimated to have made VND130,966 billion ($7.75 billion) of industrial value, up 4.5 per cent on-year; the non-state sector is estimated to have made VND116,217 billion ($6.876 billion), up 7.6 per cent on-year; while the state-owned sector is estimated to have made VND77,065 billion ($4.56 billion), up 1.5 per cent on-year.
Of the VND130,966 billion posted by the foreign-invested sector in the period, the oil and gas production value is estimated to have been VND16,661 billion, up 13.9 per cent on-year.
Vietnam Business Forum