VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has affirmed Vietnam's readiness to negotiate with the United States for the benefit of both nations’ people and businesses, aiming for balanced and sustainable trade.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked relevant agencies to make proactive efforts in coming negotiations with the United States, to ensure balanced and sustainable trade ties with this large market.

Vietnam is expected to maintain a trade surplus for the ninth consecutive year in 2024, given its export growth in the remainders of the year equal to that during January-July, according to experts.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) will manage the exchange rate flexibly, adjusting in line with general trends while still ensuring macro-economic stability and foreign currency balance, said its Permanent Deputy Governor Dao Minh Tu.

VOV.VN - Based on the GDP growth rate in 2024, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has set a target of increasing export turnover this year by roughly 6%, equivalent to US$377 billion, with the trade balance maintaining a surplus of about US$15 billion.

VOV.VN - Vietnam maintained a positive trade balance of US$3 billion in October, raising the country’s total trade surplus during January – October 2023 to more than US$24.6 billion, the highest in five years.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Government will continue to priotise strongly promoting growth associated with consolidating and maintaining macroeconomic stability, controlling inflation and ensuring major economic balances in a bid to create more positive changes in making strategic breakthroughs.

The banking sector should take more drastic measures to restructure credit institutions in association with the settlement of bad debts to contribute to curbing inflation and stabilising macro-economic factors, according to insiders.

The period of strong volatility of the US dollar has ended, and the US$/VND exchange rate in the last six months of 2023 will remain stable, experts have forecast.

A ceremony was held in Cao Lanh city in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap on May 12 to launch a campaign on the conservation and sustainable use of wetlands in Vietnam.