GDP growth rate in Jan-Sep reaches over 6.5pct

Vietnam’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth rates in the first nine months of 2010 was posted at 6.52 percent over the same period of last year, according to the statistics released by ministry of planning and investment.

This is the first time that Vietnam has reported achieving GDP growth rate of over 6.5 percent within this year. Previously, the country’s Q1 GDP growth rate increased by 5.83 percent, rose by 6.4 percent in the following quarter and saw an increase of 6.16 percent in the first six months of the year, in comparison with the same period of 2009.

In details, within the period of January-September, GDP growth in agriculture, forestry and seafood sector surged by 2.89 percent, industry and construction up 7.29 percent and services of 7.24 percent.

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Posted by VBN on Sep 27 2010. Filed under Economy News, GDP. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry