Following an extended period of strong economic performance, Vietnam is facing considerable challenges. Growth … prices, led to high inflation and large trade deficits in the first half of 2008. Executive Directors have commended the …. Directors have also welcomed the recent improvements in inflation and the trade balance …

current prices and at constant prices, consumer price inflation, gross value of agricultural production at constant prices …

Vietnam was remarkably successful in bringing down inflation in the 1990s to a single-digit range, after a period of …. Petroleum price increases appear to have had a modest direct effect on inflation in Vietnam, peaking at about 1 percent in 2005 … high inflation in the late 1980s. The potential unfavorable effects of inflation on poverty and growth are well known. To …

are subject to risks. IMF staff supports the State Bank of Vietnam’s (SBV’s) plan to establish a more flexible exchange …

This paper assesses the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper of Vietnam, known as the Comprehensive Poverty Reduction and … reviews the objectives and tasks of socio-economic development and poverty reduction. The government of Vietnam takes poverty …

This report provides the details of the IMF's projections and estimates of Vietnam on the summary of the tax systems … at constant prices during 1996–2002; consumer price inflation, 1999–2003; population and employment; gross value of …

Vietnam's macroeconomic performance has been strong, fueled by strong export performance, poverty reduction, and … market economy. They welcomed the passage of the new Statistics Law, and Vietnam's participation in the IMF's General Data …

This paper evaluates Vietnam’s Second Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth … Facility (PRGF) and Request for Waiver of Performance Criteria. Under the first-year PRGF, Vietnam’s economic performance was … investment and competitiveness as the bases for returning Vietnam’s rates of growth and poverty reduction closer to potential …

Vietnam's economic recovery from the spillover effects of the Asian crisis has continued and the pace of policy reform …