Companies in Vietnam ranked higher than the global average in taking a strategic, consistent or radical approach to digitalising customer experience and engagement, said Singapore-based financial services group DBS.

Participants at a seminar in Hanoi on May 16 discussed three pillars of the nation’s rapid and sustainable development.

Economic difficulties are on the shoulders of the banking industry as it has to stabilise the macro-economy, control inflation, and support economic growth and businesses, experts have said.

The engagement of the private sector in green and sustainable growth is crucial for Vietnam to complete its target of achieving net-zero emission and raising the green economy scale to US$300 billion in the total national GDP value in 2050, according to experts.

Standard Chartered Bank has lowered Vietnam’s 2023 GDP growth forecast to 6.5% from the previous 7.2% in its recent macro-economic updates about the country.

The Ho Chi Minh City Economic Forum (HEF) 2023 will be held from September 13-17 under the theme “Green growth - the journey to zero emissions,” the municipal People’s Committee announced at a press conference on May 11.

VOV.VN - High interest rates have exerted a strong impact on Vietnam’s competitiveness, heard a seminar themed “Impact of High Interest Rates on Macro-economic Stability and Growth Recovery in 2023” held on May 11 in Hanoi.

Foreign investors still put their trust in the Vietnamese economy, but it is important to take measures for sustaining the upward trend in foreign direct investment (FDI), an expert has said.

The index of industrial production (IIP) in April was estimated to increase by 3.6% month on month and by 0.5% over the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and leaders of other ASEAN member states attended the opening ceremony of their 42nd summit on Labuan Bajo island of Indonesia on May 10 morning.