Ninh Binh targets 23 percent rise in industrial production value

 Senior officials from the provincial Department of Industry and Trade said the department will help businesses speed up production, export and sales. In addition, the department will continue untangling knots regarding capital, stockpiles and export markets, they emphasised.

In the first six months of the year, the province's industrial production and commercial activity had positive performance with a total industrial production value estimated at 16 trillion VND (732 million USD), a rise of 28 percent compared to same period last year.

Retail sales reaped over 9 trillion VND (412 million USD), an increase of 13.8 percent over 2014 while exports brought home an estimated 491 million USD, representing a year-on-year rise of 40.9 percent.

(Translated by Nguyen Thuy)