VOV.VN - Representatives of leading Vietnamese businesses attended a forum in Prague on September 19 to enhance trade and investment ties between Vietnam and the Czech Republic.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s economy will recover on the back of solid growth achieved in the first half of 2021 after the lockdown is lifted, Dorsati Madani, Senior Economist at the World Bank (WB) Vietnam, has said.

HSBC has forecast two scenarios for Vietnam’s economy until the end of the year, with both of them focused on the re-opening of the economy, albeit in a cautious and systematic way.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) plans to submit its economic recovery project to competent authorities for approval in October, with the 2022 to 2023 period to be identified as the ideal time for recovery efforts.

VOV.VN - Vietnam must devise a range of comprehensive solutions aimed at reviving its COVID ravaged economy in the post pandemic period, according to Nguyen Thi Huong, director of the Vietnam General Statistics Office (GSO).

VOV.VN - Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Minh Vu and Permanent Secretary of the Foreign Ministry of Singapore Chee Wee Kiong discuss experience in response to COVID-19 pandemic and economic recovery during their phone talks held on September 13.

VOV.VN - Vietnam pursues multilateral parliamentary diplomacy to protect common interests and address global concerns, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue told Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) President Duarta Pacheco at a meeting in Vienna on September 6.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on September 6 chaired a regular Government meeting, focusing on socio-economic performance in August and the first eight months of this year.

An escalation in COVID-19 cases and deaths in July-August will undermine Vietnam’s previously strong recovery from the pandemic shock and may temporarily set back the positive rating momentum, said Fitch Ratings.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s GDP is expected to expand by about 4.8% in 2021, or 2% lower than the projection made by the World Bank Group in December 2020, the WB says in its latest edition Taking Stock released on August 24.