Vietnam’s economy faced significant challenges last year, with growth slowing to 5.1 per cent due to export contraction. Following a 6.7 per cent rebound in the last quarter of 2023, the economy decelerated to 5.7 per cent in the first quarter of this year.
By Dr. Vinh Quang Dang
May 05, 2024 | 11:00
Vietnam has experienced one of the fastest growth episodes over the past 30 years. Sustaining it will require strong productivity increases. Productivity growth can be achieved by the entry and growth of innovative startups. Vietnam’s startups, however, face major obstacles such as limited contributions from the research sector, talent acquisition difficulties, and fragmented support policies.
By Patrick Lenain
May 04, 2024 | 23:49
The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) gives member countries easier access to one another’s markets at preferential tariffs, even tariff-free trade for most items.
Vietnam is aiming to become an industrialised country by 2045. Consultant Long Pham and Vietnam country director Andreas Stoffers from the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom explain why this extreme ambition requires comprehensive activities across the economy and society.
By Jonathan Pincus
April 30, 2024 | 11:21
Five decades of development progress and lessons for the future Vietnam has achieved much progress in economic growth over the past decades. Jonathan Pincus, senior international economist at the United Nations Development Programme in Vietnam, analyses how the economy has grown and offers lessons for the future.
By Le Net
April 24, 2024 | 15:05
In recent years, East Asian countries have become significant investors in Vietnam.
By Nguyen Dat
April 24, 2024 | 11:46
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet talked with VIR’s Nguyen Dat about how important the event is to regional cooperation.
By Duyen Vo and Thanh Tran
April 22, 2024 | 09:22
With a burgeoning count of active mobile connections nearing 162 million, coupled with a remarkable annual e-commerce market growth rate of 25 per cent, Vietnam has emerged as an attractive market for healthtech initiatives.
By Hoai Nam
April 16, 2024 | 09:55
With the advancement of sci-tech, numerous new transaction forms and asset types have emerged, especially the rise of virtual assets.
By Dr. Daniel Borer
April 09, 2024 | 09:17
Bouts of escalation in the Russia-Ukraine conflict continue to make headlines over the world. While the EU only grew by 0.5 per cent in 2023 with a prospective growth of 0.9 per cent in 2024, the Russian economy, despite the sanctions, grew by 3.6 per cent in 2023 and is expected to grow by 2.6 per cent in 2024.