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Vietnam growth holds near 6 pct as higher rates counter exports 

January 3, 2012
Vietnam growth holds near 6 pct as higher rates counter exports 

A street vendor walks past a Chanel SA store inside the Rex Hotel in downtown Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011. Vietnam’s growth held near 6 percent this quarter, reducing the pressure for further monetary tightening after higher interest rates limited the boost to the economy from exports and domestic consumption. [...]

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Vietnam’s economy grows 6.9 pct, fastest pace this year

December 31, 2009
Vietnam’s economy grows 6.9 pct, fastest pace this year

Vietnam’s economy expanded at the fastest pace in more than a year in the fourth quarter as lending growth fueled construction and consumer sales. Gross domestic product grew 6.9 percent from a year earlier after a revised 6.04 percent gain in the third quarter, the General Statistics Office said in Hanoi Thursday. For 2009 overall, [...]

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Vietnam healthy despite deficit fears

December 21, 2009
Vietnam healthy despite deficit fears

Vietnam’s external position is “fairly healthy,” in spite of market concerns about the country’s trade deficit, Barclays Plc said. Vietnam’s economy has “all the hallmarks” of an emerging markets crisis, with growth poised to overheat as inflation quickens and foreign-exchange reserves fall, Nomura Holdings Inc. said this month. A decline in the reserves to less [...]

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Vietnam monthly trade deficit widens to $1.9 billion on imports

October 27, 2009
Vietnam monthly trade deficit widens to $1.9 billion on imports

HSBC Holdings Plc warns that Vietnam’s trade gap is moving “sharply higher again,” driven by rising credit and economic growth. Vietnam’s monthly trade deficit widened to US$1.9 billion in October, as the nation’s imports decline eased amid accelerating economic growth. Exports this month are estimated at $4.75 billion, while imports are seen at $6.65 billion, [...]

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Vietnam’s inflation quickens for second month on food

October 23, 2009
Vietnam’s inflation quickens for second month on food

Vendors sit behind their vegetable stalls at a Hanoi market Vietnamese inflation accelerated for a second month, driven by higher food prices amid faster economic expansion. Prices climbed 2.99 percent in October from a year earlier after gaining 2.42 percent in September, the General Statistics Office said in Hanoi Friday. On a monthly basis, prices [...]

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Inflation eases in first seven months; trade deficit narrows

July 25, 2009
Inflation eases in first seven months; trade deficit narrows

A street vendor walks past shops selling different marriage offerings in downtown Hanoi. Inflation eased this month to a five-year low of 3.31 percent. Vietnam’s inflation eased in the first seven months of the year, with consumer prices rising 9.25 percent compared to the same period last year, official data showed Friday. For July alone, [...]

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Vietnam bucks the trend by boosting exports to US

June 18, 2009
Vietnam bucks the trend by boosting exports to US

Local products are displayed at the Vietnam International Furniture and Home Accessories Fair 2009 in Ho Chi Minh City in March Vietnam was the only one of the top 30 exporters to the US to increase shipments to the world’s largest economy during the first four months of the year, benefiting from clothing and footwear [...]

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Trade balance swings to deficit; exports slip

May 26, 2009
Trade balance swings to deficit; exports slip

Workers at a factory of Ho Chi Minh City-based Thanh Cong Textile Garment Joint Stock Company. Vietnam’s trade balance swung into deficit through the first five months of the year, as lower commodity prices cut into export receipts and the pace of import contraction eased. The trade shortfall was US$1.13 billion through May, compared with [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...