17-02-2020 11:00
The coronavirus epidemic could damage global economic growth this year, the IMF head said on Sunday (Feb 16), but a sharp and rapid economic rebound could follow.
05-02-2020 10:00
Experts believe that coronavirus could impede demand for business expansion loans, which will subsequently lower the demand for bank capital. In this scenario, after the high inflation in the first half of the year, deposit rates may decline slightly to stimulate economic growth.
31-01-2020 11:00
The Vietnamese economy has grown by 7.02 per cent in 2019, and is expected to maintain this growth momentum into 2020. Nguyen Minh Cuong, principal country economist at the Asian Development Bank in Vietnam, sat down with VIR’s Thanh Tung to talk about the country’s economic outlook and what it should do to support domestic enterprises’ performance for heightened economic growth, as well as the links between foreign-invested enterprises and their domestic counterparts in the economy.
27-01-2020 08:00
Vietnam is considering smart city development as one of its key impetuses for economic growth in the years to come. Tran Quoc Thai, vice director of the Ministry of Construction’s Urban Development Agency, writes about the opportunities and hurdles in developing smart cities awaiting the country in the new year.
26-01-2020 16:00
Vietnam has made solid efforts to be more enabling and responsive to businesses that form a firm pillar for strong economic growth. These efforts have received the thumbs-up from international organisations – a sign that brighter prospects for the country lie ahead.
17-01-2020 09:00
Driven by strong economic growth prospects and potential for state-owned enterprise equitisation, more Singaporean investment is expected to flow via mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the months to come in Vietnam, focusing on finance, property, and fintech.
14-01-2020 10:03
Vietnam has never before received so many recommendations from international investors on sustainable development in all sectors of concern, with expectations to step up involvement in socio-economic development in the new decade. Bich Thuy reports.
13-01-2020 09:38
Viet Nam would look to maintain economic growth of 6.76 per cent this year, according to the National Centre for Socio-Economic Information and Forecast under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.
03-01-2020 16:49
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Thursday told the State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) to take measures to ensure macro-economic stability, inflation control and growth in 2020.
02-01-2020 09:36
Retail sales of goods and services in Vietnam reached 4.94 quadrillion VND (214.8 billion USD) in 2019, representing a rise of 11.8 percent over the previous year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
28-12-2019 09:35
Vietnam’s gross domestic product (GDP) increased 7.02 percent in 2019, marking the second straight year the economic growth rate topping 7 percent since 2011, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
24-12-2019 09:35
The Asian Development Bank has revised up its forecast of Vietnam’s GDP growth for 2019 and 20202 from 6.8 percent to 6.9 percent and 6.7 percent to 6.8 percent, respectively, in contrary with projections for Asia.
21-12-2019 12:32
Vietnam’s economy has performed well in 2019, with GDP expanding by an estimated 6.8 percent, according to the World Bank (WB)’s recent report.
18-12-2019 11:06
Vietnam’s economy has performed well in 2019, with GDP expanding by an estimated 6.8 percent, public debt reduced by nearly 8 percentage point of GDP since 2016, and a trade balance surplus for fourth year in a row, according to the World Bank (WB)’s report released on December 17.
12-12-2019 14:00
Despite numerous risks, Vietnam’s agro-forestry-fishery sector is expected to reap bigger fruits in 2019 with more investments implemented, making it one of the key drivers of economic growth. Thanh Dat reports.