VOV.VN - The country played a proactive role in shaping regional economic cooperation at the 56th ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting (AEM) held in Vientiane, Laos from September 16-17.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment recently presented to the Government three economic growth trajectories for 2025, with the highest rate forecast at 7.5%.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Chernyshenko co-chaired the 25th meeting of the Vietnam-Russia Intergovernmental Committee on Economic-Trade and Scientific-Technological Cooperation in Moscow on September 11.

VOV.VN - Consumer price index (CPI) in the January-August period edged up 4.04% against the same period last year, while the country recorded a trade surplus of US$19.97 billion, the General Statistics Office (GSO) said on September 6.

VOV.VN - Priority will be given to stimulating economic growth in 2024 and 2025 in order to compensate for the slow growth recorded in the previous three years of the five-year term, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

Vietnam needs to develop a holistic strategy to ensure sustainable, reliable and cost-competitive gas supply, experts have said.

The Southeast Asian economies remain steadfastly resilient and delivered credible economic growth in the second quarter of 2024, with Vietnam and the Philippines continuing as the region’s top two performing economies, growing at 6.9% and 6.3%, respectively, according to McKinsey & Company, a US multinational strategy and management consulting firm.

Secretary of the Party Committee of the central city of Da Nang Nguyen Van Quang on September 6 had a meeting with a delegation of the Lao National Assembly (NA) led by its Vice Chairman Sommad Pholsena.

VOV.VN - Vice Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Nguyen Duc Hai and his Lao counterpart Sommad Pholsena co-chaired a symposium in Da Nang city on September 5, sharing experience in improving the role of the legislature in formulating and implementing socio-economic development policies.

VOV.VN - As many as 31 localities from 15 countries have confirmed their participation in the second Friendship Dialogue due to take place in Ho Chi Minh City on September 23 – 24, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs of Ho Chi Minh City.