Vietnam must strive to achieve at least 8% economic growth this year or even higher, laying a foundation for double-digit growth from 2026, wrote Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh in his New Year's Day article.

Vietnam is 99th out of the 165 countries in the Economic Freedom of the World ranking by Canada’s Fraser Institute, up four places from last year.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has climbed four spots to rank 106th among 165 countries and territories in the Economic Freedom of the World Index, as released by Canada’s Fraser Institute.

No other country of the same size in the world has achieved such great achievements on the Index of Economic Freedom as Vietnam since 1995, highlighted German economic and financial news website wallstreet-online.de in a recent article.

Vietnam's economic success story has been closely associated with improved economic freedom, which will likely remain a strong driving force for the country's socio-economic development in the future, said policymakers and experts during a conference organised by the EuroCham in Hanoi on September 22.

Vietnam’s economic freedom score is now 61.7, making its economy the 90th freest in the 2021 Index of Economic Freedom.