29-07-2020 09:00
The prime minister’s newly-established inspection groups aimed to boost public investment disbursement are expected to further economic growth, and curb waste of state assets and corruption at state-funded projects.
29-07-2020 07:00
The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) held a teleconference in Hanoi on July 28 to review its six-month performance and outline tasks for the remaining months of this year.
24-07-2020 09:00
Vietnam’s efforts to develop a pro-business e-government have earned applause from the international community, especially amid a surge in the pandemic hurting economic growth.
22-07-2020 15:37
Despite outstanding disbursement of public investment among Vietnam's localities, Ho Chi Minh City has encountered many difficulties that need to be resolved to accelerate the disbursement of public investment and contribute to recovering economic growth post-COVID-19.
21-07-2020 16:20
Over the past 30 years, Vietnam has transformed from one of the poorest countries in the world to an advanced middle-income economy. Rapid economic growth, sustained at rates amongst the highest in the world, has lifted millions out of poverty. An important element in this growth has been the integration of Vietnam into the global economy and an attractive destination for foreign investment. With this dynamism have come new challenges, including ensuring multinational enterprises and other foreign investors pay their fair share of taxes in Vietnam.
20-07-2020 21:38
The aftermath of the global health crisis may drive Vietnam to a lower-than-expected economic growth landscape, challenging the government’s efforts to revive the economy and restore production.
20-07-2020 15:22
With rapid economic growth in recent years and achievements in economic development and urbanisation, Vietnam and other countries around the world are facing many challenges in their development process, especially when it comes to the use of fossil energy resources, increased greenhouse gas emissions, and environmental pollution.
16-07-2020 07:30
Vietnam could resume pre-COVID-19 growth levels by next year although the pandemic threw a spanner in the works for the country’s thriving economic growth story, McKinsey & Company said in report published on Consultancy.asia.
16-07-2020 07:00
Vietnam’s effective containment of COVID-19 should allow it to make a quicker rebound than most other economies in the region and its GDP growth can be around 2.3 percent this year, Sian Fenner, an economist from Oxford Economics wrote in a July 14 report.
15-07-2020 08:00
The unpredictable aftermath of the global health crisis affecting the entire economy has prompted the government to pursue lower-than-planned economic growth for this year, featured by slackness in exports and production.
10-07-2020 09:00
With the economy growing at the lowest six-month rate since 2011, the government is quickening practical support for enterprises to soon bring them out of difficulties as part of an effective measure to spur on economic growth for the whole year.
26-06-2020 10:00
Amid numerous difficulties, slow-paced implementation of government-led policies to assist enterprises hit by the health crisis are leaving many businesses in the lurch, making it hard to boost local production, a key driver of economic growth.
19-06-2020 09:50
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) recently forecast that Vietnam’s economic growth this year would be 4.1 percent, 0.7 percentage points lower than its April estimate but still the highest expected in Southeast Asia.
16-06-2020 13:00
Vietnam’s development over the last 10 years has been characterised by strong economic growth with an average growth rate of 5-7 per cent. With energy consumption growing about twice as fast in recent years, the Vietnamese government is currently facing major challenges.
15-06-2020 14:00
The first half of 2020 saw positive economic growth in Vietnam despite general worldwide distress. Among the country’s hottest areas, Ho Chi Minh City’s Thu Thiem perhaps fared even better than the rest. From infrastructure improvements to the introduction of luxurious new residential projects, the metropolis’ new central business district has caught the eye of owners and investors alike.