Posts Tagged ‘ The Slowest Pace ’

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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Dong trading band enlarged to 5 percent

March 24, 2009
Dong trading band enlarged to 5 percent

A teller counts US dollars at a branch of Asia Commercial Bank in Ho Chi Minh City. The central bank has widened the trading band for the dong to 5 percent either side of a rate it fixes daily, seeking to support an economy growing at the slowest pace in almost a decade. The currency’s [...]

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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...