According to the official, Vietnam's Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) in July 2024 reached 54.7 points, the highest since November 2018, with output increasing sharply thanks to increasing new orders for four consecutive months.
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Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Phan Thi Thang speaks at the Government's regular press conference in Hanoi on August 5. |
The index industrial production (IIP) in July grew by 0.7% over the previous month and 11.2% year-on-year, Thang said, noting the index saw increases in 60 provinces and centrally-run cities in the first seven months of this year.
She attributed the result to improvements in the production capacity of domestic businesses that have also shown their readiness to optimize opportunities to access new markets in the time to come.
Additionally, the deputy minister said, support policies and the drastic instructions of the Government and the Prime Minister in public investment disbursement and the implementation of key industrial projects have helped consolidate the confidence of both domestic and foreign firms.
The official also pointed to a range of challenges such as intrinsic weaknesses, regional and global volatilities, the risk of global supply chain disruptions, and the reliance on some export-import markets, along with the pressure of trade remedy investigations.
Given this, the Ministry of Industry and Trade will speed up public investment disbursement, review obstacles to key projects in electricity, oil and gas, processing and manufacturing, and minerals in order to soon put them into operation, and continue its cooperation with FDI firms and big enterprises at home and abroad as well as international organizations to step up connectivity and improve capacity for domestic suppliers.
The ministry will also encourage the purchase of home-made goods, and seek new markets for key exports, Thang added.
Source: VNA