GDP Việt Nam tăng 6.6% trong 6 tháng đầu năm

GDP Việt Nam tăng 6.6% trong 6 tháng đầu năm

Vietnam May Post 1st-Half Economic Growth of 6.6%, News Says

By Jason Folkmanis

June 23 (Bloomberg) -- Vietnam may post first-half economic growth of as low as 6.6 percent, the Vietnam News reported, citing Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Cao Viet Sinh.

The government''''s full-year growth target is 7 percent. The preliminary first-half figures suggest the goal may be reached, Sinh said, according to the report.

Consumer prices will rise 2.2 percent in June from May, the Vietnam News said.

Vietnam''''s economy expanded 7.4 percent in the first quarter compared with a year earlier, according to the General Statistics Office in Hanoi. Consumer prices increased 3.9 percent in May from the previous month.

The country''''s foreign-currency reserves are currently about $20.7 billion, the report said, citing Nguyen Dong Tien, a deputy governor of the central bank.

To contact the reporter on this story: Jason Folkmanis in Ho Chi Minh City at folkmanis@bloomberg.net