Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Cao Viet Sinh on June 21 informed that the country is likely to attain a gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate of between 6.6-6.7 percent in the first months of this year.
The rate helps ensure the targeted growth for the whole year of 7 percent set by the National Assembly, the Deputy Minister added.
He quoted preliminary statistics that the country attracted 31.6 billion USD in foreign investment in the reviewed period, as against 21.3 billion USD of the whole 2007.
The official said the figure proved that foreign investors remained confident in Vietnam ’s social and political stability and qualified human resources.
Also in six months, the country earned 29.7 billion USD from exports, a year-on-year increase of 31.8 percent.
Consumer price index increased only 2.2 percent in June.
Farmers nationwide have harvested a bumper winter-spring crop, bringing agricultural growth to nearly 3 percent.
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