Of which, the manufacturing continued to grow at a high rate of 14%, contributed 10.6 percentage points to the general growth; the production and distribution of electricity grew by 9.7%, contributed 0.9 percentage points; the water supply and waste treatment increased by 5.5%, contributed 0.1 percentage points; the mining and quarrying went down by 1.2%, reduced 0.2 percentage points of the general growth.

The number of employees working in industrial enterprises as of April 01, 2018 rose by 3.9% compared to the same period last year, of which employees in the State enterprise sector decreased by 1.1%; employees in the non-State enterprise sector grew by 4.3%; and employees in the FDI enterprise sector went up by 4.5%.

Source: General Statistic Office