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Vietnam's GDP growth slows as global demand weighs on exports
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IANS | 30 Mar, 2023
Vietnam's economy in the first quarter grew at the second lowest rate in
the past 12 years as weakening global demand weighed on exports,
official data showed on Wednesday.
The growth of gross
domestic product was 3.32 per cent in the January-March period, down
from 5.92 per cent in the fourth quarter and 5.03 per cent in the first
quarter last year, the General Statistics Office (GSO) said.
Processing
and manufacturing, with a 35.47-per cent weight of the basket, dipped
0.4 per cent from a year earlier, while services, the largest category,
rose 6.79 per cent and agriculture gained 2.52 per cent, Xinhua news
agency quoted the Office as saying.
"The economy in the first
quarter has achieved positive developments despite global
uncertainties," GSO head Nguyen Thi Huong said.
Seafood exports
plunged 29 per cent from a year earlier to $1.78 billion in the quarter,
while exports of smartphone, among the largest export earners for the
country, fell 15 per cent to $13 billion, the GSO said.
Overall,
Vietnam's exports in the first quarter dipped 11.9 per cent from a year
earlier to $79.2 billion, compared with an annual expansion of 12.9 per
cent in the same period last year.
Vietnam's GDP growth, facing
headwinds from a global slowdown, is expected to slow to 6.3 per cent in
2023, according to the World Bank, after a strong rebound last year
when the economy grew 8.02 per cent backed by strong domestic
consumption and export-oriented manufacturing.
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| Customs Exchange Rates |
| Currency |
Import |
Export |
US Dollar
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84.35
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82.60 |
UK Pound
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106.35
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102.90 |
Euro
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92.50
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89.35 |
| Japanese
Yen |
55.05 |
53.40 |
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