Vietnam’s GDP is expected to expand by about 4.8% in 2021, and the economy could converge toward the pre-pandemic GDP growth rate of 6.5% to 7% from 2022 onward, the World Bank has forecast.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City, the epicentre of the country’s prolonged COVID-19 outbreak, is taking drastic actions aimed at curbing the spread of the virus and getting its ailing economy back on track after September 30.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has recorded an additional 633 coronavirus cases in 13 cities and provinces nationwide during the past six hours, including 600 cases in Ho Chi Minh City alone.