The World Bank (WB) predicts Vietnam’s GDP growth this year at 6.8 percent in its East Asia Pacific Economic Update released on October 4, compared to the 6.5-percent projection last April. SEE MORE The credit growth target has been set at 17% this year, meaning that credit can grow an additional 6-7% in the final three months. SEE MORE Vietnam recorded a trade surplus of 5.39 billion USD in the first nine months of 2018, the General Statistics Office (GSO) said in a monthly report. SEE MORE State budget revenues as of September 15 reached VND898.3 trillion (US$38.24 billion), equivalent to 68.1% of the year`s estimate. SEE MORE The GDP growth rate for the January-September period was 6.98 percent, the highest for the same period over the past eight years, the General Statistics Office announced on September 28. SEE MORE