Vietnam aims to boost 2017 GDP growth to 6.7%: PM
Published Thu, Oct 20, 2016 · 03:14 AM
[HANOI] Vietnam is targeting annual economic growth of 6.7 per cent in 2017, with growth expected to slow to 6.3-6.5 per cent this year, while the average inflation next year is projected at 4 per cent, the country's prime minister said on Thursday.
Exports by the South-east Asian nation should grow 6 to 7 per cent, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told Vietnam's National Assembly in its opening session.
REUTERS
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