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Index of Hanoi industrial production increases 7.4% in the first eight months
Thu Minh 18:17, 2015/08/25
According to the Hanoi Statistics Department, its index of industrial production in the first eight months of 2015 rose 7.4% compared to the same period last year.
In the period, the manufacturing of transformers with capacity less than 650kVA saw the highest growth of 41.3%, followed by motorised vehicles and spare parts with respective increases of 40.9% and 32.9%. 
The production of construction rocks increased 31%, furniture up 30.3%, and medicine-pharmaceutical chemistry up 25.7%. 

 
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A significant growth in the production of paper and wooden products, costumes, fridges, ranging between 17.1% and 19.3% led to the surging industry.
The production of non-metal materials witnessed a modest increase of 11.2% while chemicals and commercial electricity recorded the same rise of 9% in the first eight months of this year.
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