state upbeat on ambitious economic goal

State upbeat on ambitious economic goal

VIETNAM aims to achieve robust economic growth of 7.5 to 8 per cent next year, higher than the 7 per cent estimated by international experts.Achieving such a rate was a big task, the government admitted, but said it would strive to fulfil the average annual 7.5 per cent growth target set in the five-year plan to 2005.