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GDP per capita development in Vietnam. The economy of Vietnam is a developing mixed socialist-oriented market economy. [3] It is the 33rd-largest economy in the world by nominal gross domestic product (GDP) and the 26th-largest economy in the world by purchasing power parity (PPP). It is a lower-middle income country with a low cost of living.
Vietnam had an average growth in GDP of 7.1% per year from 2000 to 2004. The GDP growth was 8.4% in 2005, the second largest growth in Asia, trailing only China's. Government figures of GDP growth in 2006, was 8.17%. According to Vietnam's Minister of Planning and Investment, the government targets a GDP growth of around 8.5% for 2007.
Anhao Paper Factory, 1961. South Vietnam had a small industrial sector and fell far behind other countries in the region in this respect. [1] Output increased 2.5 to 3 times over the 20 years of the country's existence, but the share in total GDP remained at only around 10%, even dropping to 6% in some years, while the economy was dominated by strong agricultural and service sectors. [1]
GDP (millions of current international dollar) by country ; Country Percent [1] [2] [3] Nominal PPP Year A [n 1] I [n 2] S [n 3] Agricultural Industrial Services Agricultural Industrial ...
Vietnam's socialist-oriented market economy shares many common characteristics with the Chinese socialist market economy in its institutions and policies, combining fundamentally market-based economies with the predominance of state-owned enterprises, the coexistence of a vibrant private sector, a single-party political system, and the ...
In the years immediately prior to the Đổi Mới Reforms, Vietnam faced an economic crisis; inflation soared to over 700 percent, economic growth slowed down, and export revenues covered less than the total value of imports. [5] [page needed] In addition, Soviet aid decreased, increasing Vietnam's international isolation. [6]
Vietnam joined the World Bank Group (WBG) on 21 September 1956. [1] Before the mid-1980s, Vietnam was one of the world's least developed countries.A series of economic and political reforms launched in 1986, known as Đổi Mới, caused Vietnam to experience rapid economic growth and development, becoming a lower middle-income country.
The Vietnam Economic Times is a monthly newspaper of Vietnam, covering national business and economic issues. [1] It is published in both Vietnamese and English and has been published online since at least 1997.