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Vietnam's GDP growth in 2015 highest in 5 years: statistics

Xinhua, December 26, 2015 Adjust font size:

Gross domestic product (GDP) growth of Vietnam in 2015 is estimated to reach 6.68 percent compared to the previous year, the highest level in the past five years, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO) on Saturday.

The figure surpassed the target of 6.2 percent set by the country's parliament, showing the economy has recovered strongly, the GSO said in a report on socio-economic development situation in 2015 posted on its website. The country's total GDP reached nearly 4,193 trillion Vietnamese dong (around 192 billion U.S. dollars).

Vietnam's GDP per capita in 2015 reached some 2,109 U.S. dollars, an increase of 57 U.S. dollars compared to the previous year.

Regarding the economic structure, the agro-forestry-fishery sector accounts for 17 percent, while the industrial and construction sector makes up 33.25 percent, service sector 39.73 percent and taxation 10.02 percent.

The respective structure in 2014 was 17.7 percent, 33.21 percent, 39.04 percent and 10.05 percent, said the GSO. Endit