The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) have signed a US$250 million syndicated financing package to promote sustainable agriculture in Vietnam and support women-owned small- and medium-sized enterprises (WSMEs).

VOV.VN - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has upgraded its 2025 growth forecast for developing Asia and the Pacific, with Vietnam receiving the region’s largest upward revision to 7.4% from 6.7%, according to its December 2025 Asian Development Outlook (ADO).

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on December 5 announced an emergency international assistance package worth US$2 million to help address the severe impacts of recent flooding in central Vietnam.

Vietnam stands ready to push forward the implementation of high-impact public–private partnership (PPP) projects as the country enters a new phase of institutional reform and project mobilisation, officials underlined at the 2025 High-Level PPP Dialogue, held in Hanoi on November 25.

Despite mounting pressures from a trade protectionism policy spreading across the world, Vietnam’s economy recorded an impressive growth rate in the third quarter this year, with gross domestic product (GDP) expanding by 8.23% year on year.

VOV.VN - A number of international newspapers and organizations have recently highlighted Vietnam’s impressive growth pace, calling the country a symbol of resilience in Southeast Asia amid global economic uncertainty.

Vietnam is widely recognised by international financial institutions as a bright spot of regional growth despite ongoing global economic uncertainties, with GDP growth of 7.5% in the first half of 2025, laying a solid foundation for the Government’s full-year target of 8.3-8.5%.

VOV.VN - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has revised Vietnam’s GDP growth forecast for 2025 upward to 6.7%, an increase of 0.4 percentage points compared to the July projection.

Despite significant global challenges, Vietnam has achieved remarkable economic progress in recent years, the Asian Development Bank (ADB)'s Country Director for Vietnam Shantanu Chakraborty has said in an interview with the Vietnam News Agency (VNA).

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Thu Dau Mot Water Joint Stock Company (TDM) have signed a US$6 million loan agreement to expand Bau Bang water treatment plant, addressing growing water needs amid rapid economic and population growth in Ho Chi Minh City’s northern industrial and residential areas of Binh Duong and Thu Dau Mot.