VOV.VN - This year’s consumer price index (CPI) rose by 1.84% compared to 2020’s figure, marking the lowest increase in Vietnam since 2016, the General Statistics Office (GSO) announced on December 29.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has underlined the necessity of completing the second round of vaccinations for those aged 18 and over, with a focus on injecting children aged 12 and older so that they can return to school as normal.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) in November rose by 0.32% from October, prompting the 11-month CPI to expand by 1.84%, the lowest growth rate since 2016, the General Statistics Office (GSO) announced on November 29.

The bailout in 2008-2009 pushed the national economy to a high inflation rate in following years, once climbing to 18%.

VOV.VN - A greater effort should be made to meet the Government’s ongoing dual goal of pandemic control and economic recovery amid complicated developments of the COVID-19 outbreak, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

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.