Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh presented a supplementary assessment report on the socio-economic development and state budget in 2024, along with updates on the performance of the socio-economic development and state budget tasks in early 2025 at the 15th National Assembly’s 9th session that opened in Hanoi on May 5.

Delegates at a conference held on April 27 underscored the need to enhance opportunities for linking local authorities, business communities, and domestic trade associations with overseas Vietnamese enterprises, aiming to explore new directions and foster potential partnerships in Vietnam’s ongoing development journey.

VOV.VN - According to the World Bank’s latest report, the Vietnamese economy is expected to experience a slowdown in 2025 but will pick up momentum again in 2026 and beyond.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh signed an official dispatch on April 22, outlining key tasks and solutions aimed at driving Vietnam’s economic growth throughout the year.

As the US has paused its 46% reciprocal tariff on imports from Vietnam, the Institute of Strategy and Policy on Natural Resources and Environment (ISPRONE) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment has penned several agricultural growth scenarios and solutions in response to the US tariff policy.

Despite escalating global uncertainties and the looming threat of reciprocal tariffs from the US, Vietnam remains committed to its ambitious GDP growth target of 8% for 2025.

VOV.VN - Singapore-based United Overseas Bank (UOB) has lowered its forecast for Vietnam’s GDP growth to 6% this year from its previous 7.0 projection due to the significant downside risks of tariff measures imposed by the United States.

VOV.VN - The first quarter of 2025 saw Vietnamese economy record positive outcomes as the gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 6.93%, whilst foreign arrivals to the country surged by 29.6% on-year.

Vietnam’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 6.93% in the first quarter of 2025 compared to the same period last year, the highest Q1 rate since 2020, the National Statistics Office (NSO) reported at a press conference in Hanoi on April 6.

Ambassador Mai Phan Dung, head of the Vietnamese Delegation in Geneva, praised Cambodia as one of the fastest-growing economies in the region, with an average annual GDP growth of nearly 5% since 2017 driven by trade liberalisation, tourism, foreign direct investment FDI, and export-oriented production.