The Ministry of Finance has announced the State budget estimates for 2021, which target over VND1.34 quadrillion (US$58.2 billion) in State budget revenue.

VOV.VN - Experts from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have revised up the nation’s GDP growth forecasts from 1.8% to 2.3% this year following the acceleration of public investment, coupled with the swift recovery of domestic consumption, according to the Asian Development Outlook 2020 (ADO) report released on December 10.

VOV.VN - Vietnam exported a total of 5.74 million tonnes of rice worth US$2.85 billion during the opening 11 months of the year, with the price of 5% broken rice in November reaching approximately US$500 per tons, according to the Agro Processing and Market Development Authority (Agrotrade).

VOV.VN - The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has caused plenty of consequences whilst having a negative impact on the local economy, with growth momentum slowing down, and even contracting in some sectors, according to economic experts.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Embassy in Canada and the Canada-Vietnam Trade Council co-hosted a webinar on December 3 to discuss trade ties under the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), with future relations in the post-novel coronavirus (COVID-19) period also under discussion.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on December 2 chaired a regular Government meeting for November, with there now being less than 30 days until the end of the year, which has represented a period full of fluctuations, challenges, and difficulties.

The primary reason for positive economic growth this year is decisive steps to contain the health and economic fallout.

Weak regional connectivity across land, air and sea has hampered the growth of the southeastern region of Vietnam. Economists believe for the region to develop, it needs to change its mind set and strategy.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is set to be one of the few countries globally to record positive economic growth this year, despite the global collapse in trade, travel, and investment caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, according to an article recently published by the Asia Times, an English language news media outfit.

Vietnam’s chairing the virtual 37th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits over the last week was an exceptional achievement given the hugely disruptive impact of COVID-19 on the ASEAN calendar this year, Australian Ambassador to ASEAN Will Nankervis has said.