macroeconomic

Urgent actions needed to address investment barriers

July 25, 2023 | 11:00

Vietnam’s GDP growth accelerated in Q2 of 2023 compared with Q1, but the annual growth rate of under 4 per cent during the first half of 2023 was well below the official 6.5 per cent target.

MPI Minister focused on national growth issues

July 22, 2023 | 08:00

At a conference on reviewing performance in the first half of the year, Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung asked sectors to focus on three key issues: economic challenges, policy response, and breakthrough engines for growth.

Optimism abounds for more positive scenarios in macroeconomic forecasts

February 06, 2023 | 12:14

In 20 reports from major investment banks in the world on 2023’s outlook, inflation and recession were mentioned with high frequency. However, investment opportunities in Vietnam may still appear in the first quarter.

Next year's economic hardships to become more visible

December 18, 2022 | 10:00

The issue of macroeconomic stability remains arduous, but this is the mission that the Vietnamese economy must pursue.

Reinforcing macroeconomic foundations to promote sustainable recovery and development

September 19, 2022 | 09:00

Vietnam’s macroeconomic foundation is considered unchangeable and has the flexibility to cope with variables, experts said at the Vietnam Socioeconomic Forum.

Unearned currency label unlikely to stick

December 29, 2020 | 11:20

In a 70-page report on its macroeconomic and foreign exchange policies of major trading partners, the US State Department of Treasury named Vietnam and Switzerland “currency manipulators”.

Stability measures merit praise

January 02, 2013 | 10:55

While Vietnam has maintained macroeconomic stability for a period of 18 months or longer, restructuring the economy holds the key to reviving its growth prospects, write World Bank Vietnam chief economist Deepak Mishra and Viet Tuan Dinh.

Government juggling hot policy issues

June 06, 2011 | 09:35

In the past, the government always presented “dual objectives” of ensuring macroeconomic stability and gaining a rather high growth rate. With Resolution 11, the government, for the first time, has made it clear that its current priority is to restore and solidify macroeconomic stability, writes Ayumi Konishi, country director for the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Vietnam.