Vietnam PMI June 2024 – manufacturing purchasing managers index

Cimigo
Jul 01, 2024

New order growth surges to near-record high

  • Sharpest increase in new business since March 2011.
  • Employment returns to growth.
  • Output prices rise at fastest pace in two years.

Cimigo Vietnam market research has collected the Vietnam PMI – manufacturing purchasing managers index since 2013. S&P Global compiles the Vietnam PMI S&P Global from responses to monthly questionnaires sent to purchasing managers in a panel of around 400 manufacturers.

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Vietnam PMI findings

Vietnam PMI June 2024

The rate of expansion in the Vietnamese manufacturing sector accelerated sharply at the end of the second quarter.

New orders rose at one of the fastest rates on record, prompting firms to ramp up production and purchasing activity, and increase staffing levels for the first time in three months. 

The rate of input cost inflation also quickened, hitting a two-year high on the back of higher transportation and oil prices in particular. In turn, firms also increased their own selling prices at the fastest pace since June 2022.

The S&P Global Vietnam Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index™ (PMI®) rose sharply to 54.7 in June from 50.3 in May. Not only did the reading signal a third consecutive monthly improvement in the health of the sector, but indicated that business conditions strengthened markedly.

In fact, the improvement in operating conditions was the joint-strongest since November 2018, equal with those seen in April 2021 and May 2022.

The much greater strengthening of business conditions reflected substantial increases in both output and new orders at the mid-point of the year. 

In particular, new orders rose to an extent only exceeded  during the opening month of data collection for the survey in March 2011. An improvement in demand was reported, with some customers coming back to request additional orders during the month.

In some cases, competitive pricing had helped firms to secure new business. New export orders meanwhile increased at the fastest pace since February 2022, albeit at a pace that was still much softer than seen for total new business.

The acceleration in growth of new orders was matched by manufacturing production, with June seeing the steepest increase in output for just over five-and-a-half years. The strength of the rise in new orders put pressure on operating capacity, with backlogs of work increasing for the second time in three months. Although slight, the pace of accumulation was the sharpest since January.

Vietnam PMI Trend June 2024

In some cases, firms indicated that staff shortages had led to the build-up of outstanding business. As a result, workforce numbers were raised for the first time in three months, and at a solid pace. In some cases, new hires were only on a temporary basis, however.

Firms also expanded their purchasing activity, with input buying increasing for the third month running and at the fastest pace since June 2022. Despite this, stocks of purchases continued to fall amid the use of inputs to support production.

Similarly, stocks of finished goods decreased as inventories were shipped to help meet sales needs. Moreover, the drop in post-production stocks was the largest in three years.

The rate of input cost inflation accelerated for the third month running in June and hit a two-year high. There were widespread reports of higher transportation costs, alongside increases in oil prices and the cost of imported items. In turn, manufacturers also raised their own selling prices to the largest degree since June 2022.

Charge inflation has now been recorded in two successive months. Better raw material availability helped suppliers to speed up deliveries in June and lead times shortened for the first time in 2024 so far. The improvement in vendor performance was only slight, however, amid international shipping issues.

The prospect of favourable business conditions continuing supported confidence in the year-ahead outlook for manufacturing output. Sentiment hit a three-month high as around half of respondents predicted an expansion.

Approach

The S&P Global Vietnam Manufacturing PMI® is compiled by S&P Global from responses to monthly questionnaires sent to purchasing managers in a panel of around 400 manufacturers. The panel is stratified by detailed sector and company workforce size, based on contributions to GDP.

Survey responses are collected by Cimigo Vietnam in the second half of each month and indicate the direction of change compared to the previous month. A diffusion index is calculated for each survey variable. The index is the sum of the percentage of ‘higher’ responses and half the percentage of ‘unchanged’ responses.

The indices vary between 0 and 100, with a reading above 50 indicating an overall increase compared to the previous month, and below 50 an overall decrease. The indices are then seasonally adjusted.

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