Vietnam recorded budget overspending of VND1.7 trillion (US$72.69 million) by the end of August, compared to a year-to-date deficit of VND6 trillion (US$257.45 billion) recorded 15 days earlier. SEE MORE Vietnam’s industrial production index (IPI) rose 11.2 percent on-year in the first eight months of 2018, the General Statistics Office (GSO) has announced. SEE MORE 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