Singaporean and Vietnamese experts have highlighted achievements of the Vietnam-Singapore relations so far and recommended sectors they should prioritise for cooperation in the time to come, on the occasion of the ongoing State visit to Vietnam by Singaporean President Halimah Yacob from October 16-20.

Standard Chartered Bank has raised its Vietnam GDP growth forecast for 2022 to 7.5% from the previous 6.7% and for 2023 to 7.2% from 7.0% to reflect robust Q3 growth of 13.7% year-on-year. The last quarter 2022 growth is anticipated at 4.0%.

VOV.VN - The nation boasts one of the most successful economies globally, as can be seen by the strong recovery of the local textile-garment, electronics, fisheries, and agriculture sectors post-COVID-19, according to Baron de Grand Ry, honorary consul of Vietnam in Belgium.

The Vietnam Social Security (VSS) hosted a dialogue with Japanese businesses on the implementation of social and health insurance policies, in the southern province of Ba Ria - Vung Tau on October 11.

VOV.VN - Four years on from its global debut at the 2018 Paris Motor Show (PMS), VinFast announced on October 7 that it will officially introduce its premium electric vehicle line-up covering segment B to E to the French market.

VOV.VN - The National Assembly Standing Committee is scheduled to convene its 16th session in Hanoi on October 10 to discuss preparations for the legislature’s year-end session.

VOV.VN - Bjorn Andersson, regional director of Asia and the Pacific of UNFPA, applauded Vietnamese efforts on October 4 in addressing the preference for sons and gender-biased sex selection over the last 15 years.

The Republic of Korea’s digital transformation policy and implications for Vietnam, Vietnam’s digital banking transformation policy, the importance of credit information system in digital transformation and the leap towards digitisation were discussed at a recent symposium in Hanoi.

A delegation of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism led by Minister Nguyen Van Hung joined more than 2,500 delegates from 161 countries and territories at the UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development (MONDIACULT) 2022 held in Mexico from September 28-30.

Vietnam and India hold great potential for cooperation in establishing supply chains following COVID-19, which has seriously affected both economies over the past two years due to disruptions in regional and global supply chains, according to Indian analysts.