31-03-2021 17:20
Despite numerous challenges making dents in all trade and investment activities, Vietnam’s economic growth quality has seen significant improvements over the past five years in general, eliciting praise from the National Assembly Standing Committee and high-profile international organisations.
24-03-2021 18:36
With water scarcity increasingly affecting people’s livelihood in recent years, Vietnam is being challenged to uncover solutions to ensure water security in the context of climate change and the country’s growing economic growth.
06-03-2021 14:32
In a bid to increase the number of females in leadership positions at banks, World Bank Group member IFC and the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) are partnering to promote innovative and impactful initiatives for sustainable and inclusive economic growth.
05-03-2021 09:00
In a bid to ensure sustainable development and economic growth, the government has enacted a fresh action programme on continuing response to climate change, with new mechanisms in favour of private investment.
20-02-2021 11:24
Foreign direct investment plays an important role in Vietnam's economic growth.
17-02-2021 10:23
An article published on the Singapore’s Straits Times on February 16 commented that even as Singapore's economy stays on the recovery track, enthusiasm over a significant growth acceleration is wearing off.
05-02-2021 09:00
As the global economy is still mostly struggling with the health crisis, the start in 2021 is overshadowed by the hurdles of the previous year. Nevertheless, Vietnam may regain traction in economic growth. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pham The Anh, chief economist from the Institute for Economic and Policy Research under Hanoi National University’s Economics University looks back on 2020 and gives an outlook for the new year.
28-01-2021 09:00
After a year when inflation was nosediving to threaten a dip below the zero mark by the end of 2020, several Ministry of Finance experts agree that stimulus measures are necessary to turn the curve around and achieve healthy socioeconomic growth with a stable inflation rate in 2021.
22-01-2021 10:24
Public investment will focus on key national projects with important roles in enhancing regional links and creating new drivers and room for economic growth, Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung has said.
22-01-2021 08:00
In the context of the pandemic, reforming administrative procedures is necessary to encourage businesses to approach the market and contribute to economic growth.
21-01-2021 14:59
Hanwha Investment & Securities has raised capital in Pinetree Securities Corporation in order to penetrate the Vietnamese stock market to ride the waves of the strong economic growth forecast for the country.
18-01-2021 09:29
The Government of Thailand has adopted a strategic plan on the bio, circular and green (BCG) economy to drive economic growth from 2021 to 2026.
12-01-2021 16:29
The rate of public investment disbursement in 2020 was the highest in the last five years, contributing to enhancing economic growth and enabling Vietnam to be one of the highest-growth economies worldwide. With the government now enacting two resolutions on spurring economic growth and improving the local business climate, Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Tran Quoc Phuong told VIR’s Nguyen Huong about the role of public investment in 2020 for the economy to move forward.
08-01-2021 10:00
Despite the difficulties the pandemic and the global recession have imposed on Vietnam’s economic growth, the country’s government is determined to follow its plan of raising GDP growth well above the 6 per cent marker in 2021, thereby laying the foundation for even higher growth rates in the next few years.
06-01-2021 17:20
Amid rising coal-related environmental problems, clean coal technologies are emerging as the optimal solution to ensure economic growth and sustainable development. Michelle Manook, chief executive of the World Coal Association, and Dr. Nuki Agya Utama, executive director of the ASEAN Centre for Energy, talked to VIR’s Bich Thuy about how clean coal technologies bring benefits to ASEAN member states.