Speeding up the disbursement of public investment from the start of this year was an important solution to accelerate economic recovery amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Minister of Finance Dinh Tien Dung has said.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has done a good job in their fight against the coronavirus pandemic, according to US magazine Business Insider citing Australian think-tank The Lowy Institute’s recently-published Index.

With insurance and social allowance policies, Vietnam’s social security system is believed to be a useful tool for economic and social stabilisation in 2021.

The Ministry of Construction (MoC) believes the domestic real estate market has overcome the most difficult period due to positive developments in the market as well as the whole economy in the fourth quarter of 2020.

Ambassadors from G77 and China to the United Nations (UN) in Geneva had an online meeting with Isabelle Durant, new Acting Secretary-General of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), to exchange their viewpoints and show their priorities and expectations to the UNCTAD ahead of its 15th session, slated for October in Barbados.

VOV.VN - Many forecasts have outlined the nation’s economic growth in the year ahead, with a reputable UK bank forecasting that the Vietnamese economy is likely to reach a growth rate of 7.8%, while the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has predicted it will reach a figure of 6.3%.

VOV.VN - A conference took place in Moscow in order to discuss the outlook of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) along with the role of both Vietnam and Belarus in the expansion of the Asia-Europe development space.

This year’s rice exports will not only sustain the value growth seen in 2020 but also increase in volume, a leader from major rice exporter - the Trung An Hi-tech Farming JSC - has said.

Amid the complex developments of the COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam, ministries and localities are urgently implementing action programmes to sustain economic growth while keeping the disease at bay.

The Ministry of Finance has submitted a proposal to the Government seeking approval to create a decree expanding the timeframe for tax and land lease payments.