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Vietnam-EU PCA talks yield new progress – Vietnam Business Finance

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VNBusinessNews.com – Vietnam and the EU have narrowed their differences in many provisions of their Partnership and Comprehensive Cooperation Agreement (PCA) during the fifth round of negotiations. During the three-day talks in Brussels …

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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