HCMC’s industrial production grows 1.18 percent
The Department of Industry and Trade of Ho Chi Minh City said that in the first six months of this year, the city's industrial production index (IIP) still maintained a good growth rate, an estimated increase of 1.8 percent increase over the same period last year with four key industries, including electronics manufacturing, food, foodstuff, and beverage processing, chemicals, rubber, and plastic, and mechanics, estimated to increase by 2 percent.