Can you check and edit this paragraph, please?

[Tung Quoc]

Please read:

According to figures from HCMC Statistics Department in the firet 9 months of this year, the city industrial production continuously grew 11.3% in the second quarter over the first quarter and 2% in the third quarter over the second quarter. (1)

According to figures from HCMC Statistics Department in the firet 9 months of this year, the city industrial production has continuously grown 11.3% in the second quarter over the first quarter and 2% in the third quarter over the second quarter. (2)

What is the difference ion meaning btw (1) and (2)?If only (1) is correct, why?

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[Mister Micawber]

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#1 states the simple past facts. #2 also states the facts but suggests that growth is expected to continue to the present and/or into the future.
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