Government issues measures to boost economic growth. In accordance with its proposal made to the National Assembly in mid-May, the Government released Directive 24/CT-TTg on June 2 on implementing measures to achieve this year's economic growth target of 6.7%. 2017 targets for each sector are as follows: The agriculture sector is targeted to grow 3.05% this year (Q1 2017: +2.03%), with agriculture exports above USD33 billion.