Vietnam’s industrial production value is estimated at VND 794,200 billion in 2010, up 14% against 2009, according to the Industrial Economy Department under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.
Specifically, the industrial output of state-owned sector was worth VND 175,800 billion, up 7.4%; non-state sector, VND 284,900 billion, up 14.7%; and foreign direct investment (FDI) sector, VND 333,400 billion, up 17.2%.
Of the top rise, the processing and manufacturing sector grew 14.9% to VND 710,900 billion, and electricity, gas and water sector rose 14.8% to VND 44,300 billion.
Meanwhile, the industrial production will face a lot of difficulties in the time to come, particularly the prolonged high prices of gold, US dollars and high interest rates of loans have heavily affected investment and performance of enterprises./.