Innovation and private sector development should have no bounds, aiming to achieve the national goals of prosperity, strength, democracy, equity, and civilised society in this new era, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Hang called for a deeper partnership between the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and Southeast Asia during the 2025 OECD Southeast Asia Regional Forum in Bangkok, Thailand on May 2.

VOV.VN - The recently released Vietnam E-Business Index (EBI) 2025 indicates that the country’s e-commerce sector is expected to hold a significant share in overall trade and the digital economy this year.

The Centre for Economic and Business Research (CEBR), in its report “World Economic League Table 2022”, forecasts that Vietnam will become the second-largest economy in Southeast Asia after Indonesia and the 20th-largest economy in the world by 2036.

VOV.VN - Experts believe that to create momentum for businesses amid current challenges, the government needs to make even stronger breakthroughs to support enterprise development.

VOV.VN - According to the World Bank’s latest report, the Vietnamese economy is expected to experience a slowdown in 2025 but will pick up momentum again in 2026 and beyond.

VOV.VN - As global economic volatility persists, experts believe now is a critical moment for Vietnam to accelerate reforms to its economic institutions, thereby laying the groundwork for the country to become an upper-middle-income economy by 2030 and a high-income economy by 2045.

In the context of the complicated global political and economic situation, German businesses affirm that Vietnam is a top reliable partner, according to an event recently organised by the German Association for Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises (BVMW).

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s economy is forecast to grow at 6.6% and 6.5% in 2025 and 2026, respectively, following a robust 7.1% growth last year, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s flagship annual economic publication released on April 9.

VOV.VN - The first quarter of 2025 saw Vietnamese economy record positive outcomes as the gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 6.93%, whilst foreign arrivals to the country surged by 29.6% on-year.