VOV.VN - Minister of Finance Ho Duc Phoc and Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam Pham Quang Dung shared Vietnam's monetary policy and monetary cooperation initiatives at a host of meetings with financial and monetary partners.

Experts gave forecasts on impacts of the global economy on Vietnam and exchanged views on how to manage the macro economy and the domestic gold market at a meeting of the National Financial and Monetary Policy Advisory Council on March 28.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on March 14 chaired a conference launching this year’s monetary policy-related tasks to tackle production and business obstacles, facilitate growth, and maintain macro-economic stability.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked the State Bank of Vietnam to apply a flexible monetary policy, especially in credit and interest rate management, in order to support business operations and the national economy as a whole.

Credit growth will be the main focus for the banking industry in 2024, as it is closely related to economic growth, according to analysts.

As the room for the fiscal policy remains quite large, Vietnam in 2024 should continue to pursue the counter-cyclical fiscal policy, with a focus on increasing spending and maximising tax and fee exemption and reduction, to support economic growth, experts believe.

As the governance of the monetary policy has to concurrently guarantee multiple targets, including reducing interest rates, expanding credit, stabilising foreign exchange rates, and ensuring credit institutions’ safety, thorough consideration is needed before any steps are taken, Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Dao Minh Tu.

Vietnam’s consumer price index (CPI) is projected to grow between 3.2% and 3.6% this year, the Ministry of Finance said at a meeting of the Steering Committee on Price Management in Hanoi on October 11.

The race to lower deposit interest rates among banks is expected to continue until the end of 2023, according to analysts.

Politburo member, Head of the Party Central Committee's Economic Commission Tran Tuan Anh emphasised the huge potential for Vietnam to lure abundant, high-quality investment from the US at his reception for US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in Hanoi on July 20.