HCMC – This year has seen industry recording 7.7% growth in added value against the previous year, General Statistics Office data showed.

Processing and manufacturing have posted an 8.1% rise in added value, and contributed 2.09 percentage points to the country’s economic growth.

The index of industrial production has inched up 7.8% year-on-year, with the index in 61 of the nation’s 63 provinces and cities increasing and falling in the remaining two – Ha Tinh (down 16.5%) and Tra Vinh (down 24.1%).

Water supply, waste and wastewater management have edged up 7.45%, while electricity production and mining have grown 7.05% and 5.19%, respectively.