Country Report Vietnam March 2011

Data and charts: Monthly data

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Exchange rate D:US$ (av)
2009	17,463	17,482	17,553	17,776	17,785	17,796	17,809	17,816	17,834	17,852	17,960	18,472
2010	18,472	18,679	19,077	19,011	18,987	18,981	19,086	19,262	19,485	19,491	19,498	19,498
2011	19,498	20,329	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Exchange rate D:US$ (end-period)
2009	17,475	17,475	17,756	17,784	17,784	17,801	17,815	17,823	17,841	17,862	18,485	18,472
2010	18,472	18,925	19,080	18,960	18,980	19,065	19,095	19,485	19,485	19,495	19,498	19,498
2011	19,498	20,875	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Money supply M1 (% change, year on year)
2009	-3.8	5.2	16.7	27.1	34.7	48.5	54.9	58.4	60.2	59.2	57.5	30.4
2010	22.8	23.8	12.6	7.7	8.4	8.0	8.1	9.6	9.3	9.0	n/a	n/a
2011	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Money supply M2 (% change, year on year)
2009	20.8	24.1	26.5	32.5	33.9	37.1	38.5	38.6	36.7	36.5	35.1	26.2
2010	22.5	22.6	20.5	19.4	19.5	22.0	20.7	25.0	26.2	25.4	n/a	n/a
2011	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Deposit rate (av; %)
2009	7.0	6.5	7.1	7.2	7.3	7.5	7.6	8.0	8.1	8.4	10.0	10.2
2010	10.2	10.2	10.3	11.0	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
2011	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Lending rate (av; %)
2009	10.1	9.4	9.2	9.2	9.6	10.0	10.0	10.3	10.4	10.5	10.5	12.0
2010	12.0	12.0	12.0	13.9	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
2011	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Consumer prices (av; % change, year on year)
2009	19.4	15.5	12.0	9.2	5.6	3.9	3.3	2.0	2.4	3.0	4.3	6.5
2010	5.9	7.8	8.7	9.2	9.0	8.7	8.2	8.2	8.9	9.7	11.1	11.8
2011	12.2	12.3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Goods exports fob (US$ m)
2009	3,842	5,097	5,346	4,287	4,454	4,831	4,825	4,639	4,562	5,043	4,704	5,467
2010	5,013	3,740	5,592	5,332	6,312	6,317	6,029	6,857	6,098	6,227	6,450	7,498
2011	7,091	5,250	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Goods imports cif (US$ m)
2009	3,456	4,257	5,141	5,600	5,796	6,020	6,415	5,982	6,416	6,664	6,806	7,395
2010	5,958	5,070	6,747	6,494	7,183	7,059	7,007	7,252	6,973	7,304	7,700	8,792
2011	7,968	6,200	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Trade balance fob-cif (US$ m)
2009	386	840	205	-1,313	-1,342	-1,189	-1,590	-1,343	-1,854	-1,621	-2,102	-1,928
2010	-945	-1,330	-1,155	-1,162	-871	-742	-978	-395	-875	-1,077	-1,250	-1,294
2011	-877	-950	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Foreign-exchange reserves excl gold (US$ m)
2009	22,830	22,653	23,008	20,931	20,790	20,260	19,072	18,802	18,769	18,320	17,400	16,447
2010	15,735	15,492	13,854	14,332	13,936	14,121	13,917	13,727	14,111	14,098	n/a	n/a
2011	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Sources: IMF, International Financial Statistics; Haver Analytics.

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