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The year 2008 with its financial crisis leads to different predictions of the Vietnamese economy in 2009. In 2008, Vietnam’s macroeconomic indicators were acceptable (for example, the balance of payments is rather good and foreign exchange reserve is kept at a safe level) when the world economy experienced recession. In the first quarter of 2009, the GDP rose by 3.1%, industrial output value by 2.1%, and retail sales of goods and services by 21.9%. The Government kept stimulating the economy with the second interest supporting package and we hope that the economic growth will be better along with the global trend of economic recovery

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