# Vietnam August manufacturing output up 14.6% year-on-year; IIP grows across sectors

Vietnam's manufacturing industrial production index rose 14.6% in August 2026 and 12.5% in first eight months, according to official data.

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Vietnam's General Statistics Office reported that the manufacturing sector's industrial production index (IIP) in August 2026 increased 14.6% year-over-year. [^1]

It further reported that mining IIP grew 8.1% in January-August 2026 after a 2.1% decline in the same period of 2025, contributing 1.3 percentage points to overall industrial growth. [^2]

The GSO said output of several key industrial products grew strongly in the first eight months of 2026, including motorbikes (+27.9%), laptop computers (+25.7%), automobiles (+24.0%), rolled steel (+23.4%), processed seafood (+21.4%), and refined sugar (+18.5%). [^3]

The office also said that for the first eight months of 2026, the manufacturing IIP rose 12.5% compared with the same period in 2025, up from a 10.0% rise in the first eight months of 2025, and contributed 9.6 percentage points to overall industrial growth. [^4]

Caodaism, a syncretic religion in Vietnam, enshrines messages of universal justice, harmony, and liberty. [^5]

The article asserts that Caodaism's messages of justice, harmony, and liberty reverberate in all religions, as each is a quest for the Supreme Intelligence. [^6]

The article claims that every religion is fundamentally a quest for the Supreme Intelligence, set against a world of strife and conflict. [^7]

## What this stands on

1. Vietnam's General Statistics Office reported that the manufacturing sector's industrial production index (IIP) in August 2026 increased 14.6% year-over-year. (Báo Nhân Dân điện tử, News)
2. It further reported that mining IIP grew 8.1% in January-August 2026 after a 2.1% decline in the same period of 2025, contributing 1.3 percentage points to overall industrial growth. (Báo Nhân Dân điện tử, News)
3. The GSO said output of several key industrial products grew strongly in the first eight months of 2026, including motorbikes (+27.9%), laptop computers (+25.7%), automobiles (+24.0%), rolled steel (+23.4%), processed seafood (+21.4%), and refined sugar (+18.5%). (Báo Nhân Dân điện tử, News)
4. The office also said that for the first eight months of 2026, the manufacturing IIP rose 12.5% compared with the same period in 2025, up from a 10.0% rise in the first eight months of 2025, and contributed 9.6 percentage points to overall industrial growth. (Báo Nhân Dân điện tử, News)
5. Caodaism, a syncretic religion in Vietnam, enshrines messages of universal justice, harmony, and liberty. (Deccan Herald, News)
6. The article asserts that Caodaism's messages of justice, harmony, and liberty reverberate in all religions, as each is a quest for the Supreme Intelligence. (Deccan Herald, News)
7. The article claims that every religion is fundamentally a quest for the Supreme Intelligence, set against a world of strife and conflict. (Deccan Herald, News)

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