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 during a recent Hanoi workshop to launch a report on Vietnam’s economy in the first half of 2022.

HSBC Vietnam and other financial institutions have agreed to provide a syndicated loan worth US$700 million, with a greenshoe option of US$300 million, for the Vietnam Technological and Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Techcombank).

Vietnam has climbed four places on World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index 2022 in the past year, from 87th to 83rd place out of 146 countries, with a score of 0.705/1.

HSBC Global Research expects Vietnam to be among the region's top growing nations, as it was one of the world's few countries to record growth in two consecutive years since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out.

Although the 2020-2022 period was a tough time for both State-owned and private enterprises due to macro-economic fluctuations after the COVID-19 pandemic, it provided a good chance for businesses that managed to exist and make breakthrough growth, according to a report by Vietnam Report JSC.

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.

Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai recently led a delegation of Vietnamese enterprises to the US to meet local officials and businesses to foster bilateral trade and investment links.

VOV.VN - An article by Valeria Vershinina, a Vietnamese expert working at the Research Center of the ASEAN under the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) under the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, highlighted Vietnam's role and potential as part of Russia's foreign policy.

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.