Vietnam is set to gain gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 8.17 percent this year, compared with the rate of 8.43 percent last year, according to the local newspaper People on Wednesday.

The 8.17-percent growth includes the growth of 4.16 percent in industry, 3.34 percent in service and 0.67 percent in agriculture, the newspaper quoted the country's General Statistics Office as reporting.

Vietnam has eyed economic growth of 7.5-8 percent in the 2006- 2010 period, compared with 6.89 percent in 2001, 7.08 percent in 2002, 7.34 percent in 2003, 7.79 percent in 2004, and 8.43 percent in 2005.

Last year, the country's GDP stood at 53 billion U.S. dollars or 640 dollars per capita, said the statistics office.

Source: Xinhua