Vietnam's national index of industrial production increased 5.4 percent year on year in the first two months of this year. The processing and manufacturing sector, the main driver of the surge, went up 6.1 percent.

Vietnam’s industrial production index (IPI) in January rose by 2.4 percent year-on-year, the General Statistics Office (GSO) reported.

Vietnam's industrial production index rose 9.4 percent on-year in the first seven months of this year. Main driver of the surge, the processing and manufacturing sector, went up 10.7 percent.