VOV.VN - Vietnam’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is predicted to expand 5.8% in the first half of 2021, a lower-than-expected growth compared to the set target, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI).

VOV.VN - Despite the negative impact of COVID-19 pandemic, the nation's GDP is set to grow 7.6% this year, the highest rate in the whole region, according to the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) in its latest Southeast Asia Economic Outlook report.

Standard Chartered announced on June 1 its forecast that Vietnam’s GDP growth would be 6.7% this year and 7.3% in 2022.

Vietnam’s GDP growth is expected to rebound to 7 % in 2021, driven by a recovery in goods and service export, resilient domestic economy, and healthy investment inflows, according to the ASEAN 3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO).

Universal Robots (UR), Denmark-based collaborative robots (cobots) manufacturer, has advised Vietnam’s manufacturing industry leaders to implement cobots to address skills and labour shortage as well as achieve higher productivity.

Central Retail in Vietnam has launched its GO! Mall & GO! Hypermarket on Viet Bac street in Tan Lap district, Thai Nguyen city, the northern province of the same name.

Global financial markets have been negatively hit and significantly shaken by the ongoing unpredictable, relentless and complicated developments under the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to continued global financial instability.

If breakthroughs in institutional reforms are achieved to improve growth quality, coupling with timely and sound fiscal and monetary policies, the Vietnamese economy could expand 6.76% a year during 2021-2023, according to Director of the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) Tran Thi Hong Minh.

VOV.VN - The local economy is back on track following the negative impact caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and is projected to grow by between 6% - 6.3% this year, according to the Vietnam Institute for Economic & Policy Research (VEPR).

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese service sector is striving to achieve a growth rate of 7-8 % during the 2021 to 2030 period, higher than the national economy’s average growth rate, and aiming to account for 50% of GDP by 2030.