VOV.VN - The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has decided to raise operating interest rates by approximately 1% as of September 23 in an effort to keep inflation in check and maintain the macroecnomic stability.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a teleconference with heads of Vietnamese representative agencies abroad on September 19 to discuss promoting economic diplomacy in the service of national development.

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 - Vietnam’s inflation rate is projected to be at between 3.5% and 3.8% this year as there remains plenty of room for adjustments to be made to policies in order to accelerate the country’s economic recovery moving forward, according to economic advisers.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s economic recovery has continued despite heightened economic uncertainties in relation to higher global inflation coupled with weakened economic growth in main trade partners, according to the September edition of the World Bank (WB)’s monthly Vietnam Macro Monitoring.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a conference in Hanoi on September 12 to continue seeking measures for keeping macroeconomic stability, controlling inflation, boosting growth, and ensuring major balances of the economy in the current context.

While Vietnam’s shrimp export was on downward trend in August, tra fish posted an impressive export growth, reported the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

VOV.VN - Global inflation is casting a shadow over Vietnamese exports due to the turnover of key commodities such as textiles, seafood, and wooden furniture sinking considerably.

VOV.VN - Rising global inflation in several major consumer markets such as the United States, Japan, and the EU, are putting increasing pressure on Vietnamese exporters.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s fruit and vegetable exports in July recorded growth for the second consecutive month, increasing 0.3% to US$260 million over June thanks to positive signs recorded in China, the country’s largest export market.