AsemconnectVietnam - Vietnam'April index of industrial production (IIP) increased an estimated 9.5 percent from the same period last year, the General Statistics Office said on Friday.

The country's IIP annual growth in January-March was revised up to 9.3 percent from the initial estimation of 9.1 percent, the office said in its monthly report.

VIETNAM'S INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION

(percentage change from a year earlier)             

April 15 

April 14 

Jan-April 15 

Jan-April 14

 Overall     

9.5       

6.0       

9.4           

5.4

 Mining      

5.8       

0.4       

6.7           

-2.0

 Processing 

10.9      

7.5       

10.1          

7.4