VOV.VN - Vietnam spent more than US$1.2 billion on importing 54,344 completely built-up (CBU) vehicles during the initial four months of the year, marking a surge of 47.2% in volume and 33.4% in value year on year, the General Statistics Office (GSO) has reported.

VOV.VN - The United Overseas Bank (UOB) has moved to lower its 2023 economic growth forecast for the nation from 6.6% to 6% due to a low base in the first quarter (Q1) of this year.

VOV.VN -Vietnam has successfully weathered the COVID-19 crisis and overcome other global challenges to write its own success story in 2022, with GDP growth recorded at 8.03% and inflation controlled at 3.15%.

VOV.VN - With this year seeing Vietnam’s GDP growth rate reach a 11-year record high of 8.02%, the local economy has made an impressive recovery amid global uncertainties, according to insiders.

VOV.VN - The consumer price index (CPI) recorded annual growth of 3.15%, while the average core inflation this year rose by 2.59% compared to 2021’s figures, fulfilling the set target by the National Assembly, the General Statistics Office (GSO) revealed on December 29.

VOV.VN - The nation raked in more than US$10.79 billion from exporting auto accessories and vehicles during the past 11 months of the year, up 13.1% against the same period from last year, according to information given by the General Statistics Office (GSO).

VOV.VN - The country welcomed 2.95 million foreign visitors during the past 11 months of the year, a figure 21.1 times higher compared to the same period from last year, but still down 81.9% compared with pre-pandemic levels in 2019.

Though inflation was under control in the past eight months, the economy still poses risk to the consumer price index (CPI) in the remaining months of this year and next year, said Director General of the General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO) Nguyen Thi Huong.

VOV.VN - The Institute of World Economics and Politics (IWEP) under the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences held an international symposium on September 16 in Hanoi to discuss the impact of an aging population on economic development.

Total revenue from goods retail and services in the January-August period increased by 19.3% year on year to over VND3.679 quadrillion (US$156.8 billion), which is a high growth rate for the period in many years, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).