Salary increases at multinational companies this year are expected to be marginally down from 2020 and rise slightly next year.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s economy is projected to grow by between 6% and 6.5% next year, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh unveiled the Government’s target at the ongoing session of the National Assembly in Hanoi on October 20.

Standard Chartered has forecast a potential interest rate cut if the economic impact of Vietnam’s COVID-19 outbreak lasts beyond October.

VOV.VN - Vietnam must devise a range of comprehensive solutions aimed at reviving its COVID ravaged economy in the post pandemic period, according to Nguyen Thi Huong, director of the Vietnam General Statistics Office (GSO).

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh requested thoroughly and scientifically studying measures to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic while chairing the Government’s monthly meeting in Hanoi on September 6.

Vietnam looks to maintain Consumer Price Index (CPI) growth lower than 1% a month during the last quarter of 2021 in an effort to keep inflation under the 4% target for the year.

VOV.VN - Vietnam should adapt and stay resilient to economic shocks, as opposed to neglecting them, according to economic experts speaking during a recent workshop on forecasts for the national economy in the second half of the year.

VOV.VN - The Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) has revised two scenarios for the Vietnamese economy by the end of the year, with the GDP rate forecast to expand by 5.9% and 6.2%, respectively.

The high GDP growth rate of 5.64% reported for H1, when a number of large cities and provinces were under social distancing, businesses had to close, and people lost their livelihoods, has puzzled many people.

VOV.VN - With the consumer price index (CPI) increasing by 1.47% during the first half of the year, the lowest rise since 2016, it remains entirely feasible for the country to keep inflation below 4% this year, said Nguyen Thi Huong, general director of the General Statistics Office (GSO).