The index of industrial production (IIP) in July rose 0.7% over the previous month and 11.2% year on year, pushing the increase in the first seven months to 8.5% compared to the same time last year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Despite COVID-19 impacts, Vietnam has seen an impressive reversal in import-export activities in the last months of the year, securing trade surplus for the sixth consecutive year.

Foreign investors have poured 15.27 billion USD of investment in Vietnam so far this year, equivalent to 97.4 percent of the amount recorded in the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI).

HCM City has set a goal of boosting the export of its key products this year and beyond via trade promotion activities and assistance to enterprises.

The northern province of Vinh Phuc enjoyed robust economic growth in the first eight months of 2019.

The industrial production index of the northern province of Vinh Phuc in August increased by 1.6 percent from the previous month and 12 percent from the same period last year.

The index of industrial production (IIP) surged in October and the first 10 months of 2017 against the same period last year.