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Country Report Vietnam March 2011
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| 2009 | 2010 | |||||||
| 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | 4 Qtr | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | 4 Qtr | |
| Prices | ||||||||
| Consumer prices (2005=100) | 151.3 | 151.5 | 153.6 | 156.2 | 162.6 | 165.1 | 166.6 | 173.2 |
| Consumer prices (% change, year on year) | 15.5 | 6.2 | 2.6 | 4.6 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 8.4 | 10.8 |
| Financial indicators | ||||||||
| Exchange rate D:US$ (av) | 17,499 | 17,785 | 17,820 | 18,094 | 18,742 | 18,993 | 19,278 | 19,495 |
| Exchange rate D:US$ (end-period) | 17,756 | 17,801 | 17,841 | 18,472 | 19,080 | 19,065 | 19,485 | 19,498 |
| Deposit rate (av; %) | 6.9 | 7.3 | 7.9 | 9.5 | 10.3 | 11.1 | n/a | n/a |
| Lending rate (av; %) | 9.5 | 9.6 | 10.2 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 13.4 | n/a | n/a |
| Refinancing rate (end-period; %) | 8.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | n/a | n/a |
| Treasury bill rate (av; %) | 6.8 | 7.6 | 8.4 | 9.4 | 11.2 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| M1 (end-period; D trn) | 462.3 | 507.8 | 515.5 | 565.2 | 520.5 | 548.3 | 563.5 | n/a |
| M1 (% change, year on year) | 16.7 | 48.5 | 60.2 | 30.4 | 12.6 | 8.0 | 9.3 | n/a |
| M2 (end-period; D trn) | 1,645.3 | 1,776.0 | 1,842.3 | 1,910.6 | 1,982.4 | 2,166.6 | 2,325.0 | n/a |
| M2 (% change, year on year) | 26.5 | 37.1 | 36.7 | 26.2 | 20.5 | 22.0 | 26.2 | n/a |
| Foreign trade (US$ m) | ||||||||
| Exports fob | 14,285 | 13,572 | 14,026 | 15,214 | 14,345 | 17,961 | 18,984 | 20,366 |
| Imports cif | -12,854 | -17,416 | -18,813 | -20,865 | -17,775 | -20,736 | -21,232 | -24,037 |
| Trade balance | 1,431 | -3,844 | -4,787 | -5,651 | -3,430 | -2,775 | -2,248 | -3,671 |
| Foreign payments (US$ m) | ||||||||
| Merchandise trade balance | 2328.0 | -2653.0 | -3654.0 | -4328.0 | -2239.0 | -1535.0 | -733.0 | n/a |
| Services balance | -114 | -304 | -498 | -472 | -149 | -49 | -354 | n/a |
| Income balance | -986 | -846 | -575 | -621 | -1,430 | -763 | -1,034 | n/a |
| Net transfer payments | 1,548 | 1,561 | 1,618 | 1,721 | 2,051 | 1,835 | 2,170 | n/a |
| Current-account balance | 2,776 | -2,242 | -3,109 | -3,700 | -1,767 | -566 | 49 | n/a |
| Reserves excl gold (end-period) | 23,008 | 20,260 | 18,769 | 16,447 | 13,854 | 14,121 | 14,111 | n/a |
| Sources: IMF, International Financial Statistics. | ||||||||
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