To obtain a 20 percent credit growth rate this year, total outstanding loans will have to increase by VND1,200 trillion. In the last five last months of the year, VND700 trillion is expected to be pumped into circulation. SEE MORE The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has been asked to explain to the National Assembly why ODA (official development assistance) loans have reached a total of VND600 trillion, twice as much as the amount approved by the NA. SEE MORE The gross domestic product (GDP) growth in 2017 is estimated to expand by 6.81 percent, surpassing the Government’s set target of 6.7 percent. SEE MORE After 10 years of membership in the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Việt Nam’s export and import value has increased four times to reach over US$400 billion, or 170 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP), according to the General Department of Customs (GDC). SEE MORE Against the context that all the Vietnam's development factors are limiting, GDP growth seems to increasingly dependent on labour productivity. SEE MORE