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HANOI, July 4 (Reuters): Vietnam is aiming for economic growth of 7% this year, the country's planning and investment minister said on Monday, higher than an official target of 6.0%-6.5% set previously.
To achieve this, year-on-year economic growth in the third quarter needs to be 9.0% and in the fourth quarter 6.3%, minister Nguyen Chi Dung also said during a government meeting.
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