http://www.pwc.com/extweb/ncpressrelease.n...52573FE005678F5

Country GDP in
US $ terms GDP in domestic currency or at PPPs Population GDP per capita at PPPs

Vietnam 9.8 6.8 0.8 6.0
India 8.5 5.8 0.8 5.0
Nigeria 8.0 6.1 1.6 4.4
Philippines 7.2 5.2 1.1 4.1
Egypt 7.1 5.1 1.1 3.9
Bangladesh 7.0 5.1 1.1 3.9
China 6.8 4.7 0.1 4.6
Indonesia 6.7 4.5 0.6 3.9
Pakistan 6.4 4.9 1.4 3.5
E7 average 6.4 4.5 0.5 4.0
Malaysia 5.8 4.3 1.0 3.3
Thailand 5.7 3.6 0.1 3.5
Iran 5.2 3.8 0.8 3.0
Brazil 5.2 3.8 0.7 3.1
Turkey 5.1 4.1 0.7 3.4
Argentina 4.9 3.7 0.6 3.0
South Africa 4.8 3.7 0.3 3.3
Saudi Arabia 4.8 4.1 1.4 2.7
Mexico 4.7 3.7 0.5 3.2
Russia 4.3 2.5 -0.6 3.2
Poland 3.4 2.1 -0.5 2.7
G7 average 2.0 2.2 0.3 1.9

http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/fs/viet.pdf


Recent economic indicators:

GDP (US$bn) (current prices):

2002 35.1
2003 39.6
2004 45.5
2005 53.1

2006(a) 61.0
2007(b) 69.2


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10% Annual Growth Rate Projection (Include factors such as devaluation of US dollars, inflation, etc.)

2008: 77
2009: 84.7
2010: 93.17

VN has just discovered 60 billion m3 of natural gas off the coast of Quang Tri

http://www.dostquangtri.gov.vn/TINTUC/KHCN..._02/2902_03.asp

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a3c_1200631099

Speaking of economic growth, BAT, a tabaco company of England is contributing some dope @$$ cigarette to the Vietnamese market. Initially, it was illegal smuggle, but now, its a joint business between BAT and Vinataba.


Now, the people in Vietnam can live a better life and die like a real man...because real men die from bullet wounds, or cancer resulted from inhaling ashy particles. The Vietnamese hospitals have lots of cancer patients (good for bussiness). Everybody is happy.


If I could smoke I'll do it till the day that I die! Smoking is so awesome. All the cool people smoke! Snoop doggy dog, dr. Dre, Tupac, Trinh Cong Son, Vincent van Gogh, Ho Chi Minh, and our wartime hero Nguyen Van Thieu. etc..

Not me though, I'm not cool enough.

Umm, that's about 2 billion MMBtu

In the US, natural gas is going at $5/MMBtu, but it's likely to be used for power generation in VN

GDP of Countries in 2050 Using

PricewaterhouseCoopers Report



43 Years (2007 - 2050)


1.098 * (1.098 ^ 43) = $3.854 Trillion

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2050 GDP


Turkey: $4.092 Trillion

Vietnam: $3.854 Trillion

Thailand: $2.440 Trillion

WoW, it looks like a bright future is awaiting Vn ahead.