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Vietnam maintains 2026 GDP target despite trade deficit, inflation pressure

Vietnam will stick to its economic growth target of 10 per cent this year, despite a widening trade deficit and other challenges, a deputy finance minister said on Wednesday. The Southeast Asian country's trade deficit is estimated to have hit $15 billion in the first half of this year, Nguyen Duc Chi told a press conference in Hanoi, swinging from a trade surplus of $7.6 billion in the same period last year. [...]