The capital city also expects to see a year-on-year increase of 15.6 percent in industrial production value in the reviewed period.

Contributing to the result, the foreign invested sector recorded an increase of 22.2 percent, the non-State sector, 16.1 percent and the State sector, 7 percent.

Vice Chairman of the Hanoi city People’s Committee, Hoang Manh Hien, said the city has been carrying out a programme to develop key industrial products for the 2006-2010 period.

He also said that more incentives and support will be given to local enterprises to manufacture 35 key industrial products.