Nine-month GDP reaches encouraging 8.3 percent
06/08/2010 - 93 Lượt xem
Pundits estimated that it would reach 8.5 percent for the whole year.
During the reviewed period, the country fetched more than 35.2 billion USD from exports, marking a year-on-year increase of 19.4 percent.
Most of key export staples exceeded the 1 billion USD mark, including crude oil, garments and textiles, footwear, seafood, electronics, wood-works, rice and coffee. Many products’ export value saw growth rates of more than 20 percent.
Regarding investment, Viet Nam attracted as much as 9.6 billion USD of foreign direct investment (FDI) over the past nine months, or 38 percent over the corresponding period of last year. The figure signalled the hope that the country will attain its yearly target of 13 billion USD of FDI.
The industrial production value has increased more than 17 percent in comparison with the same period last year. Growth was made by all three sectors, including state-owned, private and foreign-invested businesses.
During the reviewed period, Viet Nam welcomed 3.2 million international tourists, a year-on-year rise of 18 percent.
Source: VietNamNet/Xinhuanet.
