Country Report Vietnam April 2011

Data and charts: Quarterly data

	2009			2010				2011
	2 Qtr	3 Qtr	4 Qtr	1 Qtr	2 Qtr	3 Qtr	4 Qtr	1 Qtr
Prices
Consumer prices (2005=100)	151.5	153.6	156.2	162.6	165.1	166.6	173.2	183.4
Consumer prices (% change, year on year)	6.2	2.6	4.6	7.5	9.0	8.4	10.8	12.8
Financial indicators
Exchange rate D:US$ (av)	17,785	17,820	18,094	18,742	18,993	19,278	19,495	n/a
Exchange rate D:US$ (end-period)	17,801	17,841	18,472	19,080	19,065	19,485	19,498	20,908
Deposit rate (av; %)	7.3	7.9	9.5	10.3	11.1	n/a	n/a	n/a
Lending rate (av; %)	9.6	10.2	11.0	12.0	13.4	n/a	n/a	n/a
Refinancing rate (end-period; %)	7.0	7.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	9.0	12.0
Treasury bill rate (av; %)	7.6	8.4	9.4	11.2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
M1 (end-period; D trn)	507.8	515.5	565.2	520.5	548.3	563.5	n/a	n/a
M1 (% change, year on year)	48.5	60.2	30.4	12.6	8.0	9.3	n/a	n/a
M2 (end-period; D trn)	1,776.0	1,842.3	1,910.6	1,982.4	2,166.6	2,325.0	n/a	n/a
M2 (% change, year on year)	37.1	36.7	26.2	20.5	22.0	26.2	n/a	n/a
Foreign trade (US$ m)
Exports fob	13,572	14,026	15,214	14,345	17,961	18,984	20,366	n/a
Imports cif	-17,416	-18,813	-20,865	-17,775	-20,736	-21,232	-24,037	n/a
Trade balance	-3,844	-4,787	-5,651	-3,430	-2,775	-2,248	-3,671	n/a
Foreign payments (US$ m)
Merchandise trade balance	-2653.0	-3654.0	-4328.0	-2239.0	-1535.0	-733.0	n/a	n/a
Services balance	-28	-498	-472	-149	-103	-354	n/a	n/a
Income balance	-846	-575	-621	-1,430	-763	-1,034	n/a	n/a
Net transfer payments	1,561	1,618	1,721	2,051	1,835	2,170	n/a	n/a
Current-account balance	-1,966	-3,109	-3,700	-1,767	-566	49	n/a	n/a
Reserves excl gold (end-period)	20,260	18,769	16,447	13,854	14,121	14,111	n/a	n/a
Sources: IMF, International Financial Statistics.

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