Industrial production has played a key role in Vietnam’s economic recovery throughout 2024, with growth fueled by strong government support, sectoral shifts, and global integration.
Accounting for 45 per cent of the country’s population and with an important geographical location and good infrastructure, Vietnam’s northern region of 28 cities and provinces achieved many positive results in industrial production and commercial services in the first nine months of the year. In general, however, the region is yet to fully exploit its potential and advantages.
According to the General Statistics Office, industrial production continued to recover in July and was estimated to have increased 1.6 per cent over June and 11.2 per cent year-on-year. This is due to the efforts of enterprises to expand production to compensate for the two years that Covid-19 affected industrial production.
Added value in the industry sector increased 8.48 per cent year-on-year in the first half of 2022. The processing and manufacturing industry remained the economy’s growth engine, rising 9.66 per cent and contributing 2.58 percentage points to the overall increase. Electricity production and distribution followed, increasing 6.1 per cent and contributing 0.24 percentage points.
Industrial production continued to recover in the first five months of 2022, according to the General Statistics Office, with the index of industrial production (IIP) increasing 8.3 per cent year-on-year, in which processing and manufacturing continued to be the driving force of growth, rising 9.2 per cent.
Industrial production continued its upwards trajectory in the first quarter of 2022, with value rising 7.07 per cent year-on-year, in which processing and manufacturing rose 7.79 per cent and continued to be a driving force. Industrial products to increase sharply included phone components, automobiles, steel, and processed seafood.