VOV.VN - To achieve the set GDP growth rate of over 8% in 2025, fourth-quarter GDP must grow by more than 8.4%, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at a monthly regular Government meeting in Hanoi on November 8.

The total retail sales of goods and consumer service revenue were estimated at VND598.4 trillion (US$23 billion) last month, up 0.2% compared to the previous month and 7.2% compared to the same period last year.

The Hong Kong-Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) and Standard Chartered, in their reports released late October, raised the GDP growth forecasts for Vietnam to 7.9% and 7.5%, respectively, nearly 2 percentage points higher than their previous projections.

VOV.VN - To achieve the GDP growth target of 8.3-8.5% in 2025, the Vietnamese Government needs to maintain macroeconomic stability while revitalizing traditional growth drivers and promoting new momentum.

VOV.VN - Vietnam aims for a GDP growth target of 10% or higher in 2026, based on the positive results achieved in the period 2021-2025 and in 2025 alone, according to Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh in a report presented to the National Assembly on October 20.

Vietnam has recorded comprehensive and significant socio-economic achievements across most areas this year, Deputy Minister of Finance Nguyen Duc Chi reported to the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee during its 50th session on October 15.

Despite mounting pressures from a trade protectionism policy spreading across the world, Vietnam’s economy recorded an impressive growth rate in the third quarter this year, with gross domestic product (GDP) expanding by 8.23% year on year.

VOV.VN - US‑based website ainvest.com recently published an analysis stating that Vietnam’s GDP in the third quarter of 2025 is estimated to have risen by 8.22% year‑on‑year despite impacts from US tariff policies and complex weather conditions.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese economy maintained solid growth momentum during the nine-month period of 2025, with gross domestic product (GDP) estimated to rise 7.85% year-on-year, the second-highest rate in the 2011-2025 period, only after the 9.44% recorded in the same period of 2022.

Vietnam is widely recognised by international financial institutions as a bright spot of regional growth despite ongoing global economic uncertainties, with GDP growth of 7.5% in the first half of 2025, laying a solid foundation for the Government’s full-year target of 8.3-8.5%.