In the sector of industry and construction, the industry maintained the fairly good growth with 8.79%, contributed 2.85 percentage points to the growth rate of the whole economy‘s total value added. The manufacturing continued to be a highlight of this sector and main driver of economic growth with a high increase of 12.98%, lower than the increase of 2017 but much higher than the growth of years 2012-2016, contributed 2.55 percentage points.
