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World Bank hails Vietnam's development results | Vietnam Business News

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As one of the fastest growing economies in the world – with average annual GDP growth of 7.2 percent during the decade prior to the fiscal year 08-09 economic slowdown – Vietnam has lifted some 35 million people out of poverty, …

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World Bank hails Vietnam's development results | Vietnam Business News

Vietnam Fast Facts:

  • GDP (2008): $84.98 billion.
  • Real growth rate: 6.23% (2008)
  • Inflation rate (January 2009): 17.48% year-on-year.
  • External debt (2008): 29.8% of GDP, $21.8 billion.
  • Population: 85.79 million
  • Services: 38.10% of GDP, 2008
  • Exports: $62.9 billion
  • Imports: $80.4 billion
  • Goldman Sachs paper: Vietnam: The Next Asian Tiger in the Making