Ha Vu Son, Director of the Department of Industry and Trade of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho, on July 18 received a delegation of the Korean Energy Agency (KEA) led by its President Lee Sang-hoon who came to seek investment opportunities in the city.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on July 18 chaired a meeting with heads of Vietnamese representative agencies abroad to discuss the promotion of economic diplomacy to boost the country's economic growth in the second half of 2024 and the following years.

VOV.VN - The Asian Development Bank has maintained its growth forecast for Vietnam at 6.0% in 2024 and 6.2% in 2025 on the back of its sound economic performance in the first half of the year.

The ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) revised Vietnam’s economic growth forecast upward to 6.3% for 2024 in its latest update released on July 16.

Projects carried out by investors from the Republic of Korea (RoK) in the northern province of Bac Ninh are expected to create a highlight in the locality’s urban development in the coming years, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Nguyen Anh Tuan said on July 16.

Minister of Construction Nguyen Thanh Nghi held talks with Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Park Sanwoo in Hanoi on July 16, during which the two ministers inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation between the two ministries in urban and social housing development.

VOV.VN - The recovery of external and domestic demand, as well as the manufacturing sector, has supported the Vietnamese economy to grow stronger than expected in the first half of 2024.

Banks lent more than VND480 trillion (US$18.88 billion) to economic entities in June, demonstrating the sector’s efforts in concretising the Government’s credit goal of 5-6% to the end of Q2.

VOV.VN - The economic potential of the Vietnamese market is undeniable, and the European business community remains confident in its long-term growth, said the European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham) in its Business Confidence Index (BCI) report for the second quarter of the year.

As of June 30, credit expanded 6% compared to the end of 2023 while total outstanding loans approximated VND14.4 quadrillion (US$563.3 billion), a positive signal showing this year's credit growth target of 14 - 15% is within reach, experts said. ​