Vietnam's Jan-Jul foreign debt nears $1 billion (12/8)
12/08/2015 - 18 Lượt xem
The MoF signed nine loan agreements in July worth $1.1 billion and in the first seven months signed 31 for a total of $3.1 billion.
Disbursement of foreign loans stood at $3 trillion in July and $39 trillion for the first seven months. The government did not license any new government-guaranteed projects in July. In the first seven months only the La Son - Tuy Loan section of the Ho Chi Minh Highway project received new funding, of $50 million.
Total State budget expenditure in July was estimated at VND95 trillion ($4.5 billion) and VND645 trillion ($30.3 billion) in the first seven months, an increase of 8.1 per cent compared to the same period of 2014. Spending on socio-economic development, national defense and security, and administrative activities accounted for nearly 70 per cent.
Meanwhile, total State budget revenue in July was VND92.7 trillion ($4.3 billion) and VND544.6 trillion ($25.5 billion) in the first seven months, up 6 per cent year-on-year.
The State budget deficit was therefore estimated at $4.8 billion in the first seven months of the year.
