VOV.VN - Although Vietnamese import and export activities in 2023 have yet to record a strong recovery, the decline has narrowed significantly, a factor which will serve as a premise for prosperity in the year ahead.

2023 continues to be a tough year for the world economy as COVID-19 pandemic has still taken heavy tolls while a series of new challenges have emerged, including geopolitical conflicts, tight monetary policies in major economies and world economic slowdown.

Amid global uncertainties, the continued maintenance of macro-economic stability will form an important foundation for Vietnam to achieve next year’s growth target, said General Director of the General Statistics Office (GSO) Nguyen Thi Huong.

Savings interest rates have set a new record low of only 1.9% per year for a 1-2-month term.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai on December 27 asked the Ministry of Finance (MoF) to effectively put in place issued policies and those expected to be adopted in order to untangle knots facing businesses, control inflation, and spur socio-economic recovery and development, thus achieving the targets set for 2024.

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) plans to implement several policies to support the business sector and people, and promote the country's economic growth in 2024, according to Minister Ho Duc Phoc.

The latest Economic Insight report for Southeast Asia, commissioned by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and Oxford Economics, forecasted that Vietnam's economy to grow by 4.7% in 2023.

Vietnam needs to adopt various solutions, particularly those to improve the quality of human resources to increase productivity, in order to achieve the 2024 growth target set by the National Assembly, said Nguyen Thi Huong, head of the General Statistics Office (GSO).

President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) Phan Anh Son lauded contributions of foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to Vietnam’s development in 2023, at a meeting in Hanoi on December 26.

VOV.VN - Green transformation alongside developing a blue economy and building a responsible and sustainable fishery aim to promote Vietnam's unique marine cultural values, create the driving force behind sustainable marine economic development and boost international cooperation.