28-03-2020 17:35
Shares gained for three consecutive sessions on Friday, retracing some of the early week’s losses despite the record 10-year low GDP growth released during the day.
28-03-2020 08:46
In the first quarter of 2020, the Vietnamese economy grew at the slowest pace in the past decade as the COVID-19 outbreak dealt a blow to key industries like services and manufacturing.
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.
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.
16-12-2019 09:00
The Mekong Delta province of An Giang is closing 2019 with a bang. Nguyen Thanh Binh, Chairman of An Giang People’s Committee, talked with VIR’s Huu Phuc about the province’s development highlights for the year and measures to better support investors.
09-12-2019 16:04
Economic growth across the Southeast Asia region will slow down from 5.1 per cent in 2018 to 4.5 per cent in 2019 and remain unchanged in 2020, amidst high risks of a re-escalation in trade tensions, according to the ICAEW’s latest Economic Update: Southeast Asia report.
09-11-2019 11:16
Vietnam’s national brand in 2019 was valued at 247 billion USD by Brand Finance, up 12 billion USD compared to 2018.
26-09-2019 17:43
While Vietnam’s economic growth is expected to ease to 6.7 per cent in 2019, it is set to outperform the rest of the region and remain the fastest growing economy in Southeast Asia, according to ICAEW’s latest Economic Update: Southeast Asiareport.
26-09-2019 10:11
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has predicted that Vietnam’s economy will maintain healthy growth in 2019 and 2020 at 6.8 percent and 6.7 percent, respectively, after growing robustly at 7.1 percent last year.
03-04-2019 16:04
Vietnam saw positive developments in many socio-economic aspects in the first quarter of 2019, with a GDP growth of 6.79 percent and stable macro-economy, said Minister-Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung.
03-04-2019 10:22
Vietnam’s rapid GDP growth and accelerated development as a global manufacturing hub is creating an anticipated infrastructure problem, which is a growing power demand-supply gap. Samresh Kumar, managing director of Principal Investments at VinaCapital, shows why solar rooftop power presents a game changing solution.
26-03-2019 16:38
Vietnam’s GDP growth is forecasted to slow to 6.7 per cent this year and 6.2 per cent by 2020, according to a report produced by ICAEW.
06-12-2018 10:00
Economic growth across the Southeast Asia (SEA) region is expected to slow in 2019 to 5 per cent, after an estimated 5.3 per cent in 2018, according to ICAEW’s latest Economic Insight – Southeast Asia report. US-China tensions and the resulting slowdown in Chinese demand will weigh significantly on SEA growth, especially for export-dependent economies with a high level of exports to China like Singapore and Malaysia.
08-10-2018 09:15
Standard Chartered Bank continues to expect Viet Nam’s robust GDP growth of 7 per cent in 2018, driven by strong FDI-supported electronics manufacturing and rising consumption.
08-08-2018 10:00
After a record-breaking 2017, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) volumes are poised for further expansion driven by growing investor confidence in Vietnam. Strong GDP growth, favourable demographics, and a robust pipeline of state-owned enterprise (SOE) equitisation are enhancing the environment for investments. While investors need to get more familiar with some of the challenges in Vietnam, they should act early to take advantage of the opportunities.