The Vietnamese Embassy in Algeria and the local Centre for Research in Applied Economics in Development (CREAD) have organised a seminar on Vietnam’s economy and foreign trade in both online and face-to-face forms.

Financial website thearmchairtrader.com has run a story which commented that the economic fundamentals underpinning Vietnam were strong and just going to get better.

The flow of overseas remittances to Ho Chi Minh City reached US$5.1 billion in the first nine months of 2021, up 22% year on year, the State Bank of Vietnam’s Branch in the city has reported.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s economy is projected to grow by between 6% and 6.5% next year, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh unveiled the Government’s target at the ongoing session of the National Assembly in Hanoi on October 20.

VOV.VN - Investment during the COVID-19 pandemic has proved challenging for investors worldwide, although hopes for the Vietnamese economy are growing as the local market outperformed other international peers thanks to its GDP growth amid COVID-19 last year, according to the Bangkok Post.

Vietnam’s economic prospects greatly depend on COVID-19 vaccination speed and scale, the efficiency of pandemic prevention and control measures and the effectiveness of supporting packages, held experts at a conference organised by the Vietnam Economic Strategy Studies Centre (VESS) on October 18.

VOV.VN - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has forecast Vietnam’s GDP to grow at around 3.8% this year, higher than that of its regional peers, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, and Indonesia.

Vietnam’s GDP growth forecast for this year has been lowered to 2-2.5%, according to the World Bank's October 2021 Vietnam Macro Monitoring.

VOV.VN - Vietnam recorded a trade surplus of US$360 million in September, according to the latest statistics compiled by the General Department of Customs.

The agro-forestry-fisheries sector is the mainstay of the economy of Vietnam during the COVID-19 pandemic in the first nine months of this year.