VOV.VN - During the Feb. 8-10 visit to Singapore, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met high-ranking officials and business executives in an effort to promote cooperation between the two countries.

Although significant challenges remain for the economic and investment environment in Vietnam, there are still opportunities for investors to increase profits through investment channels if they know how to restructure their portfolio, experts have said.

Vietnam’s exports to the European and American markets will continue to benefit from free trade agreements (FTAs) that Vietnam signed with partners in the regions, said Ta Hoang Linh, director of the Europe-American Market Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Speaker of the Singaporean Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin both expressed their hope for increasingly close-knit, substantive, and fruitful ties between the two countries during their meeting on February 9 as part of the Vietnamese PM’s ongoing official visit to the city-island state.

VOV.VN - The Business Times published an article on February 8 quoting Singapore’s Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan as sayings that Vietnam and Singapore need to step up cooperation in digital economy and sustainable development.

VOV.VN - Ambassador Xiong Bo has said China supports Vietnam to build an independent and self-reliant economy with high-quality development and extensive international integration.

Vietnam and Singapore hold substantial potential for cooperation in digital economy, science-technology and green economy, Dr. Pham Duc Minh from the Agency for Science, Technology and Research under the Singaporean Government has said.

Localities in the Mekong Delta region are working hard to increase their urban areas’ adaptability to climate change, and boost urban development to green and sustainable direction.

Investment management firm VinaCapital said it expects Vietnam’s economy and stock market to “normalise” this year after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Despite near-term trade headwinds, tourism has emerged as a source of growth for Vietnam to mitigate the challenges ahead in 2023, according to the “Vietnam at a glance” report released by HSBC on February 6.