For the eleven-month period, the mining industry growth declined by 21.9% year-on-year while manufacturing and processing was up 8.3%.

A positive growth rate of Hanoi’s industrial production in May led to an expansion of 2.6% year-on-year in the January – May period.

While Hanoi’s agricultural sector is the least affected by Covid-19, a growth rate of 3.5% of the city’s Index of Industrial Production in the first half of 2020 is the second highest nationwide.

Hanoi would take this crisis as an opportunity to reshuffle economic activities and attract investment from multinationals, said a city leader.

Manufacturing and processing that accounts for 96.5% of total production value in the industry sector expanded 3.8% year-on-year during the seven-month period.