Despite strong efforts and more positive signals recorded, Vietnam’s economic growth stood at only 3.72% in the first half of 2023, putting heavy pressure on the realisation of this year’s GDP growth target of 6.5%, said Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Tran Quoc Phuong.

ASEAN, over the past 56 years, has gradually affirmed its position as a pillar of peace, an epicentrum of growth and a nucleus of dialogue and cooperation in the region, wrote Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son in an article named “ASEAN: Epicentrum of peace, cooperation, development” on the occasion of the group’s 56th founding anniversary (August 8, 1967-2023).

VOV.VN - Financiers from the Republic of Korea (RoK) poured in US$2.34 billion into the Vietnamese market in the opening seven months of the year, according to the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a reception for a delegation from the US House of Representatives led by Chairman of its Ways and Means Committee Jason Smith, in Hanoi on August 4.

VOV.VN - Foreign magazine Fagenwasanni has published an article that hails the rapid growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Digital transformation has brought about plenty of practical benefits to state-owned enterprises (SOEs) thanks to breakthroughs and continuous innovations made in the technology field, thereby making these firms key drivers of change and growth as part of the national economy, according to industry insiders.

Shrimp experts and businesses gathered at the Shrimp Summit 2023 in Ho Chi Minh City on July 25 to seek measures to tackle challenges facing the shrimp sector in Asia and the globe, ensuring the sustainability and climate change resilience of the sector.

With flourishing economic results in the first six months of this year, many enterprises in Ho Chi Minh City expect to keep pace with the growth momentum to accelerate their production and business activities in the coming months.

VOV.VN - Malaysia has affirmed its commitment to accelerating green economic growth schemes that are both sustainable and friendly to environment in Vietnam, said Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on July 21 at the Malaysia-Vietnam Business Forum in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has moved to revise its growth forecast for Vietnam, reducing the rate from 6.5% to 5.8% for this year, and from 6.8% to 6.2% ahead in 2024, according to the Asian Development Outlook (ADO) July 2023 released on July 19.