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.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh signed an official dispatch on April 22, outlining key tasks and solutions aimed at driving Vietnam’s economic growth throughout the year.

As the US has paused its 46% reciprocal tariff on imports from Vietnam, the Institute of Strategy and Policy on Natural Resources and Environment (ISPRONE) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment has penned several agricultural growth scenarios and solutions in response to the US tariff policy.

Despite escalating global uncertainties and the looming threat of reciprocal tariffs from the US, Vietnam remains committed to its ambitious GDP growth target of 8% for 2025.

VOV.VN - Singapore-based United Overseas Bank (UOB) has lowered its forecast for Vietnam’s GDP growth to 6% this year from its previous 7.0 projection due to the significant downside risks of tariff measures imposed by the United States.

VOV.VN - An economic expert has projected that Vietnam’s GDP growth could be affected, with an estimated decrease of 2-3 percentage points if the United States imposes a 46% reciprocal tariff on Vietnamese imports, starting 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.

VOV.VN - Standard Chartered Bank predicts Vietnamese GDP will grow by 7.7% in the first quarter of the year, up from 7.6% in the fourth quarter of last year, according to its latest macroeconomic update on Vietnam.

Vietnam’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 6.93% in the first quarter of 2025 compared to the same period last year, the highest Q1 rate since 2020, the National Statistics Office (NSO) reported at a press conference in Hanoi on April 6.

Ambassador Mai Phan Dung, head of the Vietnamese Delegation in Geneva, praised Cambodia as one of the fastest-growing economies in the region, with an average annual GDP growth of nearly 5% since 2017 driven by trade liberalisation, tourism, foreign direct investment FDI, and export-oriented production.