23-07-2020 10:05
Vietnamese shares ended Wednesday on a negative note as market sentiment was clouded by pessimism about the growth of both global and local economies amidst the surge in total coronavirus infection cases.
24-04-2020 21:30
Vietnam’s economic growth is forecast to shrink to 3.3 percent this year due to the impact of a raft of external challenges, according to the latest economic outlook released by Standard Chartered Bank on April 23.
18-03-2020 10:00
The Vietnamese government has enacted Directive No.11 on supporting enterprises out of difficulties caused by COVID-19. Raymond Mallon, senior economic advisor from the Australia-Vietnam economic reform programme, writes about the economic outlook for 2020 under the shadow of the outbreak, and opportunities for business through new government policies.
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.
16-01-2020 09:00
With strong demands for real estate especially in urban areas, Vietnam’s golden demographics and a positive economic outlook will drive the mid-end and affordable housing segment in the country’s residential market beyond 2020 forward. Bich Ngoc reports.
08-01-2020 10:28
The recent rising appetite for M&A in Vietnamese banks from South Korean investors may be a positive sign reflecting a brighter economic outlook and a hunger for growth.
25-11-2019 09:29
Amidst the positive economic outlook and strong demand in the plastics and rubber sectors in northern Vietnam, the international plastics and rubber technologies and materials exhibition Plastics & Rubber Vietnam this year will be held in Hanoi for the first time between November 27 and 29 at the International Center for Exhibition.
08-08-2019 09:31
Money poured into the world's bond markets on Wednesday as investors shunned riskier assets such as stocks for the relative safety of government debt.
03-07-2019 10:33
Asian investors took a breather on Tuesday (Jul 2) as the previous day's gains fuelled by the resumption of China-US trade talks were offset by worries about the global economic outlook following the release of disappointing factory data.
24-04-2019 09:18
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq jumped to all-time records on Tuesday (Apr 23) following a barrage of mostly positive earnings reports that boosted confidence in the economic outlook.
20-03-2019 09:00
With the impending signing of a number of new free trade deals set to keep the nation’s economic outlook bright throughout the year, Siemens Vietnam president and CEO Pham Thai Lai spoke with VIR’s Thanh Thu about his optimism, as well as the opportunities and challenges facing Vietnamese businesses.
26-01-2019 10:54
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc answered questions raised by President of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Borge Brende at the "Vietnam and the World" dialogue held on the sidelines of the forum’s ongoing annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Thursday.
31-12-2018 09:27
With the economy reaching an 11-year high and growth quality significantly improved in 2018, the Vietnamese government expects the same growth to be achieved in the following 12 months. What will be the key factors in hitting this goal? Thanh Dat reports.
30-10-2018 17:21
Among 12 targets set for this year by parliament, eight are expected to be surpassed and four will be fulfilled.
05-06-2018 19:14
While most of the emerging markets in Asia has increased its overall spending on health as a share of GDP since 2000, Cambodia and Vietnam have trimmed their allocations to health, according to ANZ Research on Greater Mekong Economic Outlook.