Vietnam's Triet says GDP to grow 6.5 pct in 2010

SINGAPORE | Mon Nov 16, 2009 10:35pm EST

SINGAPORE Nov 17 (Reuters) - Vietnam's President Nguyen Minh Triet said on Tuesday he expected the economy to grow around 5.2 pct in 2009 and 6.5 pct in 2010.

The economy grew 5 pct in the first nine months of 2009, he told a business seminar in Singapore, after attending a meeting of Asia Pacific leaders over the weekend. For an interview with Triet, see [ID:nHAN479760]. (Reporting by Nopporn Wong-Anan, editing by Neil Chatterjee)

Comments (0)
This discussion is now closed. We welcome comments on our articles for a limited period after their publication.