
In 1986, the sixth party congress introduced significant economic reforms with market economy elements as part of a broad economic reforms
Vietnam achieved around 8% annual GDP growth from 1990 to 1997 and continued at &%from 2000 to 2005, making it one of the world's fastest growing economies. Simultaneously, foreign investment grew three fold and domestic savings quintupled. Manufacturing,information technology and high tech industries form a large and fast-growing part of the national economy. Vietnam is a relative newcomer to the oil business, it is the third largest oil producer in South east Asia with out out of 400,000barrels per day (64,000m3/d.) Vietnam is one of Asia's most open economies : two-way trade is arounjd 160%of GDP, more than twice the ratio for China and over four times India's.
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