HANOI: Vietnam's May index of industrial production (IIP) increased an estimated 7.5 percent from the same period last year, the General Statistics Office said on Tuesday.

The country's IIP annual growth in January-April was revised up at 9.6 percent from the initial estimation of 9.4 percent, the office said in its monthly report.

Vietnam's IIP rose 7.6 percent in 2014 from the previous year, picking up from an annual growth of 5.9 percent in 2013.

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