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.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is steadfast in its direction and is promoting the building of an independent and self-reliant economy closely linked to proactive international integration in an extensive, substantive and effective manner.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai met a number of executives of international organisations and businesses on the sidelines of the ongoing 52nd World Economic Forum (WEF) in Switzerland to promote connectivity between the Government and businesses.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam will attend the 78th session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) which will be held in Bangkok, Thailand from May 23-27.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s garment exports to major markets such as the United States, the European Union and the Republic of Korea soared considerably in the first four months of the year thanks to high demand fueled by the global economic recovery and incentives from free trade agreements.

VOV.VN - Visiting parliament Speaker Tan Chuan-Jin of Singapore on May 19 received Bui Van Cuong, chairman of the Vietnam - ASEAN Friendship Parliamentary Group.

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.

Officials of the People’s Committee of Mekong Delta Can Tho city on May 16 had a working session with a delegation from the Korea - Asia Economic Cooperation Association (KOAECA) led by its chairman Lee Kim-kee, focusing on logistics and hi-tech agriculture cooperation in the time to come.

With Vietnam-US economic relations having grown steadily over time, the American business community is very optimistic and working very hard in Vietnam, according to Virginia B. Foote, President of the Board of the US International Centre.

The Economic Times, an Indian English-language daily, has posted a commentary on the Vietnamese Prime Minister’s working visit to the US and the UN, saying that the trip aims to reaffirm Vietnam’s role in stabilising Southeast Asia.