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Vietnam targets 7% GDP growth this year: minister

  • Jul 04, 2022

VIETNAM is aiming for economic growth of 7 per cent this year, the country’s planning and investment minister said on Monday, higher than an official target of 6.0 to 6.5 per cent set previously.

To achieve this, year-on-year economic growth in the third quarter needs to be 9.0 per cent and in the fourth quarter 6.3 per cent, minister Nguyen Chi Dung also said during a government meeting. REUTERS