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PRESS DIGEST – Vietnam newspapers – June 7 – Interactive Investor

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… for 5 percent of the bank’s outstanding loans at the end of May, with 50 percent of the funds used for buying homes, the Ho Chi Minh City-based lender said.

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PRESS DIGEST – Vietnam newspapers – June 7 – Interactive Investor

Vietnam Dong rates rise; banks curb new loans – Vietnam Business …

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Vietnam has projected credit growth of around 30 percent this year and the State Bank of Vietnam has asked banks to limit lending after loans at the end of October had risen 33.3 percent from a year before. …

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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