‘Try really hard’ to meet national growth target, PM says

To achieve the year’s target, all industries and localities “would have to try really hard,” the Prime Minister said in the statement posted on the government’s website. Vietnam is targeting a 6.5 percent expansion next year.

Vietnam’s gross domestic product grew 4.56 percent in the first nine months this year, according to the statement. In the third quarter alone, growth accelerated to 5.76 percent, compared to the second quarter’s 4.46 percent and 3.14 percent in the first-quarter.

The Prime Minister said the central bank should propose necessary measures to control inflation and ensure the balance of payments in the fourth quarter.

He also asked the central bank to make a plan for extending the government’s interest rate subsidy package as proposed by the Ministry of Planning and Investment and many other government officials. The plan is due for submission to the Prime Minister by mid November.