The high economic growth rate and the prosperity of a number of business fields in H1 demonstrates the judiciousness of the decisions to change the country's COVID-19 prevention and control strategy.

Vietnam’s economic growth this year can reach up to 6.9% in the best-case scenario, the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) announced at a Hanoi workshop on July 15 to launch a report on Vietnam’s economy in the first half of 2022.

The Ministries of Industry and Trade and of Agriculture and Rural Development held a hybrid conference on July 13 to launch the implementation plan of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) in a bid to show domestic enterprises how to tap opportunities brought about by the pact.

Vietnam’s economic growth accelerated faster than expected in the second quarter of this year, as a recovery in exports and manufacturing helped offset risks from coronavirus outbreaks and rising oil prices, Bloomberg reported.

The Lianhe Zaobao daily in Hong Kong, China, on June 30 ran an article highlighting Vietnam’s impressive economic growth of 7.72% in the second quarter.

The targets set for 2022, including the growth target of 6-6.5%, remain a huge challenge given the domestic and international situation, Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh said at the third session of the 15th National Assembly in Hanoi on May 23.

For Vietnam to realise its aspiration for reaching high income status by 2045, the country will need to shift its economic growth model and sharply improve the government’s capacity to coordinate and implement economic policy reforms and public investments, a World Bank Group report says.

Vietnam needs to speed up transformation towards an efficiency and innovation-driven growth model to meet requirements of sustainable and inclusive development, experts have said.

Vietnam is likely to complete its target of 6.5% in economic growth for 2022, but the goal of keeping the inflation rate under 4% is tough, according to Assoc. Dr. To Trung Thanh from the National Economics University (NEU).

VOV.VN - Vietnam is set to achieve an economic growth rate of 6.5% this year, although its inflation target of below 4% is not achievable, according to the annual publication of Vietnam Economic Review 2021 released on April 25 by the National Economics Univer