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Vietnam to grow 7 pct this year: PM Dung | Look At Vietnam

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The country is improving its market mechanisms to create better competition and boost economic integration, Dung said, noting that Vietnam would become an industrial nation in 2020.

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Vietnam to grow 7 pct this year: PM Dung | Look At Vietnam

Report: Burma, Yemen and Vietnam Hardest Hit by Extreme Weather in 2008 – Democracy Now

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Report: Burma, Yemen and Vietnam Hardest Hit by Extreme Weather in 2008 Democracy Now For 2008, Burma topped the list, followed by Yemen and Vietnam .

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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