HANOI: Vietnam's economy grew an estimated 5.42 percent in 2013 from a year ago, the same as the government's target, the general statistics office said on Monday.
The gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the period from September to December was seen at 6.04 percent, quickening from 5.14 percent in the first nine months, compared with the same period last year.
Last year's GDP growth of 5.25 percent was the lowest annual expansion since 1999.
The government is hoping the positive momentum will be maintained and is targeting annual economic growth to quicken further to 5.8 percent in 2014, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said in October.
The World Bank has projected Vietnam's growth to quicken next year, achieving a rate of 5.4 percent, from 5.3 percent expected this year.
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