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 Vietnam’s growth prospects have been revised upwards to 6.7 per cent in both 2017 and 2018 compared to previous forecasts of 6.3 per cent and 6.5 per cent, respectively, in a supplement to the Asia Development Bank’s Asian Development Outlook Update 2017 report. SEE MORE “With incomes rising and poverty falling, Vietnam’s economy had another good year of strong growth and broad macroeconomic stability.” Ousmane Dione, the World Bank Country Director for Vietnam said. SEE MORE