GSO: Q1 GDP highest over three years
VGP – Viet Nam’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the first quarter of 2015 reached 6.03%, the highest figure recorded in the same period over the past three years (4.76% in 2013 and 5.06% in 2014), according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
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Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Dao Quang Thu asserted that the economy has developed and gained a number of positive signs in comparison with the same period some years ago, especially in terms of industry.
He forecasted that the nation’s GDP in 2015 may reach 6.2% or higher.
In the first quarter of the year, the State budget gained VND180,400 billion, equal to 20% of the estimates.
By Thuy Dung