VOV.VN - The General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO) announced on May 29 that the first half of 2023 saw the consumer price index (CPI) rise by 3.29% and core inflation grow by 4.74% from the same period last year.

Many reputable international organisations have shown their optimism about Vietnamese economic outlook, predicting that the country can complete its GDP growth target of 6.5% this year.

VOV.VN - Despite enduring high global inflation, Vietnam’s seafood exports are anticipated to recover ahead in the remaining months of the year, according to figures given by VNDIRECT Securities Corporation.

VOV.VN - The export of wood and wooden products continued a downward trajectory, with the export value hitting US$5.1 billion over the past five months of this year to mark a year-on-year fall of 27%.

VOV.VN - The nation’s consumer price index (CPI) during the first five months of the year edged up by 3.55% on-year, while core inflation rose by 4.83%, according to figures given by the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Gold remains a potential investment channel until the end of this year, though the global economy in general, and Vietnam in particular, still possess potential risk factors related to recession and inflation, which make it difficult to forecast the gold price.

VOV.VN - Amid global uncertainties Vietnam will continue to pursue the goal of maintaining macroeconomic stability, controlling inflation, promoting growth, and ensuring major balances of the economy, said Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai while addressing lawmakers at the ongoing session of the National Assembly in Hanoi on May 22.

Vietnam witnessed declines in both exports and imports in the first four months of 2023, and exploring new markets is now considered one of the solutions to foreign trade bottlenecks.

Economic difficulties are on the shoulders of the banking industry as it has to stabilise the macro-economy, control inflation, and support economic growth and businesses, experts have said.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese overseas remittances to Ho Chi Minh City reached more than US$2.1 billion in the first quarter this year, up 19.41% year on year, amid economic difficulty, Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper reported.