VGP – The total export turnover is estimated to reach around US $84.5-85.5 billion this year, making a year-on-year increase of 17%-18.4%, which is also higher than the National Assembly’s target by US $6.1 billion, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

VGP – The Government will continue to focus on curbing inflation, stabilizing macro-economy, and ensuring social welfare in the second half of 2011, PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng affirmed.

VGP – The Ministry of Trade and Industry on July 1 officially launched the competitive power generation market.

VGP – The Vietnamese Government has set the target of increasing the percentage of communes satisfying the criteria of new-style rural areas to 20% and 50% by 2015 and 2020, respectively.

VGP - Trade deficit in June stood at only US $400 million, the lowest since September 2010, according to the General Statistics Office.

VGP - The investment-GDP ratio in Việt Nam stood at 38.3% in the first half of this year while economic growth stood at 5.57%, resulting in the incremental capital-output ratio (ICOR) of 6.9, lower than the ratio of 7.38 last year. The figure reflected improvement in investment efficiency.

VGP – Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng urged relevant agencies to accelerate the settlement of remaining complicated corruption cases in the second half of 2011.