VOV.VN - The 15th National Assembly’s sixth session recently adopted a resolution on the socio-economic development plan for the year, with GDP targeted at 6% to 6.5% and per capita GDP at US$4,700 to US$4,730.

VOV.VN - 2024 is widely considered to be a pivotal year for Vietnamese economic recovery, with insiders believing that there are bright prospects ahead.

The Vietnam Report JSC has released a white book on the Vietnamese economy in 2023, highlighting the country’s economic achievements last year and giving forecast for 2024 as well as a number of policy recommendations.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese economy has been developing rapidly over recent years, and the Indonesian economy will be left behind soon unless it makes a change, Indonesian President Joko Widodo.

Many international financial institutions have expressed their optimism about Vietnam’s GDP growth, and shared the view that it would reach at least 6% this year.

VOV.VN - Based on the GDP growth rate in 2024, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has set a target of increasing export turnover this year by roughly 6%, equivalent to US$377 billion, with the trade balance maintaining a surplus of about US$15 billion.

Standard Chartered Bank expects Vietnam to have a robust GDP growth of 6.7% in 2024 (6.2% and 6.9% in the first half and second half of the year, respectively).

Kasikornbank (KBank), Thailand’s second-largest lender by total assets, is focusing on expanding its international banking business this year in Vietnam and Indonesia, given the two ASEAN economies’ high growth potential.

VOV.VN - The investor community, businesses, and people enter 2024 with greater expectations about economic recovery and promoting growth to help the national economy make a breakthrough in the time ahead.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh urged the agriculture and rural development sector to focus on innovation, speed up digital and green transformation and promoting the development of circular economy, knowledge economy, and sharing economy, towards realising the goal of ecological agriculture, modern rural areas and civilised farmers.