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]

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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. · Báo Nhân Dân điện tử

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

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

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

Caodaism, a syncretic religion in Vietnam, enshrines messages of universal justice, harmony, and liberty. · Deccan Herald

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

The article claims that every religion is fundamentally a quest for the Supreme Intelligence, set against a world of strife and conflict. · Deccan Herald

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