Leading economic experts forecast an optimistic growth outlook for Vietnam in 2021 despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vietnam will record positive economic growth in 2021, at around 6-7%, if the country continue support for vulnerable groups in the economy, as well as the freshly-rolled out vaccination campaign.

The portal of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber has run an article hailing Vietnam’s consistent, drastic and effective measures against the COVID-19 pandemic, adding that the Vietnamese market remains attractive to Austrian firms.

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.

In the 46 years since national reunification, Vietnam’s development has witnessed great strides with major contributions from foreign investment, which has been targeted to continue being an important driver of the domestic economy.

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.

Leaders of European businesses have started 2021 with optimism about the trade and investment environment in Vietnam, according the Business Climate Index (BCI) for the first quarter of 2021 released by the European Chamber of Commerce (EuroCham) on April 30.

Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son held online talks with Costa Rican Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship Rodolfo Solano Quirós on April 29 to discuss specific ways to strengthen the bilateral friendship and cooperation, on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties.

VOV.VN - The expansion of Vietnam’s wind and solar farms is proving to be crucial in continuing to power economic growth, according to the Financial Times of the UK.

VOV.VN - The nation’s economic growth is expected to rebound to 6.7% this year, despite being affected by the recent resurgence of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in nearby countries, and will continue to surge to 7% in 2022, according to forecasts made by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).