VN records positive growth amid gloomy global forecasts

Việt Nam’s gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 1.81 per cent year-on-year during the first half of this year, the lowest six-month growth pace since 2011, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Standard Chartered lowers Việt Nam 2020 growth forecast to 3.3% Standard Chartered Bank has forecast Việt Nam’s economic growth to slow down to 3.3 per cent in 2020.

Standard Chartered lowers Việt Nam’s 2020 growth forecast to 3.3%

Standard Chartered Bank forecasts Việt Nam’s economic growth will slow to 3.3 per cent in 2020 due to increase in external headwinds.

Vietnamese students in Australia struggle amid pandemic

Among some 31,000 Vietnamese students in Australia, many have their tuition fees paid by their families and cover their own living expenses by working part-time at shopping centres, restaurants or hotels.

Firms demand tax incentives to fight economic downturn

Capital city-based businesses on Thursday asked for specific tax policies from local authorities as they struggle with the economic downtrend caused by COVID-19.

Việt Nam chairs online ASEAN Special Summit on COVID-19

Addressing the opening ceremony, PM Phúc stressed the significance of the meeting with COVID-19 spreading across the region and the world.

Vietnamese economy resilient to external shocks: WB While Việt Nam remained significantly exposed to the COVID-19 outbreak and ongoing turbulence in global financial markets, its economy remained resilient to external shocks in the first few months of 2020, according to the World Bank (WB).

Việt Nam’s growth under pressure from global Covid-19 outbreak Fitch Solutions on Tuesday revised down its 2020 real GDP growth forecast for Việt Nam to 6.3 per cent, from 6.8 per cent previously, in light of the worsening global Covid-19 outbreak.

Services sector to promote IT application The restructuring of the services sector would be hastened towards increasing the application of high technologies and artificial intelligence to improve competitiveness.

Outside Looking In - UK investment set to power up Việt Nam’s renewables programme

Brian Spence explains how his old and new homelands are increasingly converging in the investment sphere, particularly in renewable energy.