The inflation rate has been creeping up to 9.5 per cent.

通货膨胀率已攀升至9.5％。

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In early 2008, Vietnam's inflation rate had risen to 25 per cent, while the country's trade deficit widened to more than $14 billion.

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Last year, thirty-five thousand students applied to Harvard, and the acceptance rate was six per cent.

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That represents a success rate of 74 per cent - which is 11.5 per cent higher than any other captain who has led a Test side in at least 20 games.

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Income from value added tax, the government's biggest source of tax revenue representing about 36 per cent of the total, has been falling since 2008, despite a sharp increase in the rate -- the main rate is now 23 per cent.

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