Key driver gains a must for growth
May 05, 2024 | 14:18
Only slight order number improvements and enterprise confidence sentiment mean it may be difficult for the country to hit its desired growth goals this year.
Accelerated public investment the backbone to new growth
May 05, 2024 | 14:12
Vietnam is being advised by economists to have a bigger focus on boosting the expansion of fiscal policy to fuel domestic production and business activities.
The blueprint to unlocking Ho Chi Minh City’s potential
May 05, 2024 | 13:43
Ho Chi Minh City is a vibrant metropolis in Vietnam. Rizwan Khan, managing partner at Acclime, explains how its rich history, dynamic economy, and diverse culture can offer the city the potential to become a global-scale megacity.
Vietnam must recalibrate policy mix and pursue reforms
May 05, 2024 | 11:00
Vietnam’s economy faced significant challenges last year, with growth slowing to 5.1 per cent due to export contraction. Following a 6.7 per cent rebound in the last quarter of 2023, the economy decelerated to 5.7 per cent in the first quarter of this year.
Innovative entrepreneurship for a high-income Vietnam
May 05, 2024 | 11:00
Vietnam has experienced one of the fastest growth episodes over the past 30 years. Sustaining it will require strong productivity increases. Productivity growth can be achieved by the entry and growth of innovative startups. Vietnam’s startups, however, face major obstacles such as limited contributions from the research sector, talent acquisition difficulties, and fragmented support policies.
ASEAN encouraged to embrace global flows
May 04, 2024 | 23:56
Vietnam and other ASEAN member states have been advised to create a more favourable environment with a shared digitalised bloc to woo more funding amid global investment flows changing.
CPTPP is diplomatic success – but can deliver more
May 04, 2024 | 23:49
The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) gives member countries easier access to one another’s markets at preferential tariffs, even tariff-free trade for most items.
Vietnam - Japan enter new phase of investment ties
May 04, 2024 | 23:30
With the latest incarnation of the Vietnam-Japan Joint Initiative in a New Era, bilateral investment ties are expected to enter a new period of stronger development. Takeo Nakajima, chief representative of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) in Hanoi, talked to VIR’s Bich Thuy about future prospects.
Deals propel domestic diversification
May 04, 2024 | 23:23
Several Vietnamese corporations are actively pursuing acquisitions abroad, enhancing their global footprint and capabilities through strategic investments in foreign companies.
Strategic advances can build on Vietnam’s position in logistics
May 04, 2024 | 23:07
Vietnam is aiming to become an industrialised country by 2045. Consultant Long Pham and Vietnam country director Andreas Stoffers from the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom explain why this extreme ambition requires comprehensive activities across the economy and society.
Mergers and acquisitions slow going in logistics sector until risks subside
May 04, 2024 | 22:58
Mergers and acquisitions in the logistics industry are yet to thrive this year, as economic headwinds continue to prevent major movements.
Global race for chip engineers heats up
May 04, 2024 | 22:53
While Vietnam seeks enough workers for the semiconductor industry in the next few years, some infrastructural and technical troubles will need to be overcome first.
Semiconductor success in reach with investment
May 04, 2024 | 22:46
Lee Young Hee, director of the Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics at the Institute for Basic Sciences at Sungkyunkwan University, and Park Inkyu, head professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Korea Advanced Institute of Scienc
Blockchain and AI bringing better value
May 04, 2024 | 22:36
The combination of AI and blockchain technology is helping global venture capital flows gradually warm up after a long funding winter.
Economic wellbeing offered for ethnic minority women
May 04, 2024 | 22:07
Numerous ethnic minority women in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang are being supported to improve their livelihoods, reduce poverty, and contribute to gender equality.
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