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GDP per capita development in Vietnam. The economy of Vietnam is a developing mixed socialist-oriented market economy. [3] It is the 33rd-largest economy in the world by nominal gross domestic product (GDP) and the 26th-largest economy in the world by purchasing power parity (PPP). It is a lower-middle income country with a low cost of living.
Vietnam and the World Bank; Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Vietnam Consumer Confidence Index; Vietnam Economic Times; Vietnam Investor Confidence Index; Vietnam and the International Monetary Fund; Vietnamese rattan and bamboo industry
Anhao Paper Factory, 1961. South Vietnam had a small industrial sector and fell far behind other countries in the region in this respect. [1] Output increased 2.5 to 3 times over the 20 years of the country's existence, but the share in total GDP remained at only around 10%, even dropping to 6% in some years, while the economy was dominated by strong agricultural and service sectors. [1]
In 1986, the CPV initiated economic and political reforms similar to the Chinese economic reform, transforming the country to a socialist-oriented market economy. The reforms facilitated Vietnamese reintegration into the global economy and politics. Vietnam is a developing country with a lower-middle-income economy.
As of 2023, Vietnam has not needed to borrow from the International Monetary Fund since 1995. It had borrowed in 1993 and additional loans in 1994 before Vietnam started to pay some back every year until they paid it all back in 2012. [14] They had borrowed money from the IMF to alleviate poverty and its economy after being affected by war. [15]
Vietnam's access to WTO should provide an important boost to Vietnam's economy and should help to ensure the continuation of liberalizing reforms and create options for trade expansion. However, WTO accession also brings serious challenges, requiring Vietnam's economic sectors to open the door to increased foreign competition. [18]
The article lists Vietnam's province-level divisions by Gross regional domestic product (GRDP). Each province's GRDP is listed in both the national currency VND, and at nominal U.S. dollar values according to annual average exchange rates and according to purchasing power parity (PPP).
Vietnam joined the World Bank Group (WBG) on 21 September 1956. [1] Before the mid-1980s, Vietnam was one of the world's least developed countries.A series of economic and political reforms launched in 1986, known as Đổi Mới, caused Vietnam to experience rapid economic growth and development, becoming a lower middle-income country.