The orientation of foreign capital flows pouring into Vietnam is heavily influenced by global factors.

Standard Chartered Bank has raised its Vietnam GDP growth forecast for 2022 to 7.5% from the previous 6.7% and for 2023 to 7.2% from 7.0% to reflect robust Q3 growth of 13.7% year-on-year. The last quarter 2022 growth is anticipated at 4.0%.

Trade and investment opportunities in Vietnam were highlighted at a workshop in Hong Kong (China) within the framework of a series of tech fairs from October 13-16.

VOV.VN - German media outlet Handelsblatt has recently published an article highlighting Vietnam’s bright prospects for becoming the world's leading information technology (IT) centre in the future.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese GDP growth is projected to surge by 7% this year, thereby taking the lead among the group of five emerging markets in Southeast Asia (ASEAN-5), according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s World Economic Outlook Report for October.

VOV.VN - Renowned Swiss French-language newspaper Agefi, a publication based in Geneva, recently released an article titled “Le Vietnam et les nouveaux tigres asiatiques”, “Vietnam and the new Asian tigers” in English, by author Guy Mettan, which outlines Vietnam’s role as one of the leading emerging economies and its important role in Asia.

The ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) has joined many international organisations in revising up Vietnam’s GDP growth this year thanks to the country’s strong performance since early this year and success in containing inflation.

Given Vietnam’s strong economic recovery in the third quarter, the Singapore-based United Overseas Bank (UOB) has raised its forecast for the country’s GDP growth this year to 8.2%, from the previous prediction of 7%.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese economy is anticipated to expand 8% this year in the base-case scenario, providing that there are no adverse external factors facing the national economy in the remaining months of the year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI).

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has suggested that the IMF make it a priority to support Vietnam as a developing country, particularly one that has experienced many years of war, with its economy currently being in transition and still facing numerous challenges.