Hai Duong's industrial production index in December increased the most in the year.

According to the Hai Duong Provincial Statistics Office, the province's industrial production index in December increased by 12.6% over the same period last year, the highest increase in 2023.

In the whole year of 2023, the province's industrial production index increased by 8.3% compared to 2022. The fourth quarter of the year alone recorded a high growth rate, up 10.4% over the same period last year. The province's key processing and manufacturing industry from August to the end of the year increased continuously, with each month higher than the previous month, and December increased by 11.9%. Of which, motor vehicle production increased by 20.6%, electricity production and distribution increased by 16.4%, food processing increased by 9.6%, electronic product production increased by 4.6%, metal production increased by 4.4%...

Besides industries with high growth rates, some industries have shown signs of recovery but at a low level. The garment and footwear industry has had positive changes since the third quarter of 2023 (increased by 9.9% in the third quarter, increased by 12.9% in the fourth quarter) but overall the year still decreased by 2.8%. Production of non-metallic mineral products decreased by 5.6%...