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%.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s draft socio-economic development plan for 2026 has been devised, with one of its top goals being a breakthrough to 10% GDP growth.

Singapore’s United Overseas Bank (UOB) has boosted its 2025 GDP growth forecast for Vietnam to 7.5% from 6.9%, pointing to the economy’s resilience and dynamism despite tariff risks and uncertainties.

VOV.VN - The country's bold and effective development path has earned praise from international financial institutions, economists and diplomats amid global economic uncertainties.

VOV.VN - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has revised down its forecast for Vietnam’s GDP growth to 6.3% in 2025 and 6.0% in 2026, down by 0.3 and 0.5 percentage points respectively from its previous forecast three months ago.