Vietnam, GDP and China

Vietnam raises GDP growth target to at least 8%, approves China rail link
Vietnam's National Assembly on Wednesday approved raising the economic growth target for this year and also voted in favour of major infrastructure projects, including the country's first nuclear power plants and a rail link to China.
Vietnam raises 2025 GDP growth target to at least 8%, approves policies for major projects
HO CHI MINH CITY] Vietnam’s parliament on Wednesday (Feb 19) has voted to revise the official growth target of the country’s 2025 gross domestic product to at least 8 per cent, from the 6.5 to 7 per cent approved last November.
Vietnam Parliament approves $10.3b rail link to China
China will provide some funding through loans for the project, which is expected to cost more than US$8 billion. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Vietnam to approve key infrastructure projects, revised GDP target
Vietnam's National Assembly will on Wednesday vote to approve a new economic growth target for this year and adopt resolutions supporting major infrastructure projects, including nuclear power plants and a rail link to China.
Vietnam approves over $8B rail link project to connect with China
Main route will be 391 kilometers long, with 28 kilometers of branch lines connecting port city Haiphong to Lao Cai, mountainous city bordering China's Yunnan province - Anadolu Ajansı
Vietnam parliament approves US$8 billion rail link to China
HANOI: Vietnam's parliament on Wednesday (Feb 19) approved plans for an US$8 billion rail link from its largest northern port city to the border with China, boosting links between the two communist-ruled countries and making trade easier.
Vietnam Parliament to Approve Plan for Leaner Government
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's National Assembly will on Tuesday approve a bold bureaucratic reform plan that will slash up to a fifth of government bodies, as it tries to cut costs and improve administrative efficiency.
Vietnam parliament approves radical government cost-cutting drive
Vietnam will cut one in five public sector jobs and slash billions of dollars from government budgets, after the country's rubber-stamp parliament on Tuesday gave the go-ahead to a radical streamlining drive.
Vietnam’s US$8 billion railway to China gets the go ahead
It is one of two railway lines to China that Vietnam plans as part of its ‘Two Corridors, One Belt’ initiative.

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