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.

It’s a big challenge for the economy to reach this year’s GDP growth target of 6.5%, and economic expansion is hoped to be boosted by some important demand factors in the second half of 2023, experts have said.

VOV.VN - Although the growth rate has slowed down amid global economic difficulties, Vietnam is outperforming most countries in the world, and is regarded as an attractive destination for direct foreign direct investment (FDI) in the manufacturing sector.

The state budget revenue stood at VND875.8 trillion (US$37 billion) in the first half of 2023, equivalent to 54% of this year’s target, reported the Ministry of Finance (MoF).

VOV.VN - A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen Hoang Giang is attending the 64th series of meetings of the Assemblies of the Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), with the event being held in Geneva from July 10 to July 13.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is relying too much on monetary policies in order to stimulate demand. However, loosening lending standards and lowering interest rates serve to reduce asset quality, thereby creating asset bubbles, according to economic experts.

Experts gave recommendations to restore aggregate demand and promote growth in the new context at the mid-year macro-economic roundtable in Hanoi on July 11.

VOV.VN - Foreign Ministers of ASEAN member states reaffirmed their support for joint efforts to realize Indonesia’s priorities during its ASEAN Chairmanship Year 2023 towards turning the bloc into an epicentrum of growth, at their meeting held on July 11 in Jakarta, Indonesia.