Vietnam’s GDP in Jan-Sept grows 5.76pct: GSO

Vietnam’s GDP (gross domestic product) in the first nine months of this year is estimated to have reached 406.308 trillion dong (basing on the base price in 1994), up 5.76% from the same period last year.
According to the real price, the country’s GDP in January-September is estimated to have reached over 1,700 trillion dong, General Statistics Office (GSO) reported on Wednesday September 21.

This figure is lower 0.76 percentage points against the GDP growth in last January-September.

Particularly, the growth of agro-forestry and fisheries sectors in January-September is estimated to have increased 2.39% year on year and the rise of industry and construction sectors at 6.62% and service segment at 6.24%.

In the first nine months of 2009 and 2010, the country’s GDP growth was 4.59% and 6.52% respectively.

Earlier, according to the data from GSO in the first six months of this year, the country’s GDP growth was 5.57% year on year.

The country’s GDP growth targeted by the government for this year is 6%.

(US$1 = 20,830.00 dong)

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