VOV.VN - The nation has shown an effective response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, even when there was no vaccine available, wrote Helge Berger, assistant director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s Asia and Pacific Department, in an article recently published on Indian online newspaper ThePrint.

Vietnam has emerged as an economic bright spot with a growth rate of 2.91% in 2020, which is attributable to the country’s efforts in containing COVID-19 and timely support policies to people and businesses, international organisations said.

With its contributions over the past 75 years, the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) deserves the role of the captain who steers the economic ship to the sea, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on December 31.

VOV.VN - Six of Southeast Asia’s leading economies are expected to face diverging fiscal paths ahead in 2021, with Vietnam, alongside Indonesia and Malaysia, returning to pre-pandemic levels, according to data released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

The Sputnik news agency of Russia recently published an article that reviewed commentaries on Vietnam posted by Russian and other countries’ press outlets, reflecting Vietnam’s COVID-19 combat and achievements in different areas, especially diplomacy and economy.

The pandemic and uncertainties have put pressure on the global economy. However, Vietnam, though facing many risks, is expected to continue growing well.

The US Treasury Department’s labelling of Vietnam as a currency manipulator is biased, as it is only based on US standards and lacks suitable consideration as well as recommendations from international organisations, according to experts.

Vietnam has opportunities to access a wide commercial capital market which allows the country to be more active and flexible in capital mobilisation and use in order to compensate for the shrinking official development assistance (ODA).

The primary reason for positive economic growth this year is decisive steps to contain the health and economic fallout.

Vietnam is projected to be one of the economies posting big gains in the world’s per-capita income rankings during the quarter-century through 2025, according to data analysed by Bloomberg.