Gross domestic product (GDP) growth this year may beat the 6.7% target, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at a regular cabinet meeting on the socioeconomic performance of the country today, August 30, reported the Vietnam News Agency. SEE MORE The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) today, August 20, announced the central exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the Vietnamese dong at VND22,684 per dollar, VND5 lower than the rate in the trading session last weekend, according to the local media. SEE MORE The Government has set a target for reducing foreign currency mobilization and ending foreign currency lending to fight dollarization, news website Thanh Nien reported, citing the Government’s Decision 986. SEE MORE Investors successfully bought 5-year government bonds at a 3.45 interest rate at a bid organized on July 11 at the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX). SEE MORE While government officials and some economists are optimistic about economic performance this year, other analysts say growth is unsustainable because it relies too much on the foreign-invested economic sector. SEE MORE