HANOI - Vietnam will strive for an economic expansion of 7.6 percent to 8 percent in the last quarter of 2024 and is maintaining its full year target of 7 percent growth following positive results in the third quarter, the government said on Monday, citing the planning minister.

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Gross domestic product grew 7.4 percent year-on-year in the third quarter, surpassing the second quarter's revised 7.09 percent expansion, the government data showed on Sunday, despite the impacts of natural disasters last month.