Vietnam’s Jan.-Sept. GDP grows 5.54 pct y/y, planning ministry says

03:19 PM @ Friday - 26 September, 2014
Vietnam’s booming economy and investment from foreign companies is coupled with higher GDP per capita growth, Sept 4, 2014.

Vietnam’s economic growth accelerated as rising foreign investment boosted manufacturing and exports, helping counter slower bank lending.

Gross domestic product rose 5.54 percent in the nine months through September from the same period a year earlier, according to an estimate given by the planning ministry ahead of the official data release from the statistics office due later today. That compares with a median estimate of 5.4 percent in a Bloomberg survey.

The government has increased efforts to clean up bad debt at banks and spur lending to businesses, while the central bank has cut interest rates and devalued the dong this year. The Asian Development Bank yesterday lowered its forecast for GDP growth this year to 5.5 percent for a seventh
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