Moving forward with Bilateral and Multilateral Commitments

摘要

Seven years in a row of economic growth above 7 per cent, culminating in 2007 with 8.5 per cent, allowed a dramatic takeoff of the Vietnameserneconomy. Between 2001 and 2007, GDP doubled and exceeded US$71 billion, while exports more than tripled, reaching up to US$48.5 bil-rnlion. This exceptional growth came with an accumulation of imbalances (rapid widening of the trade deficit, increase in public expenditure and public deficit, spiralling of banking credit and inflationary trends).