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Thai firm to build Asean’s largest wind farm in Laos, sell electricity to ...
BCPG, a renewable energy arm of Thailand’s Bangchak Corporation plans to build Southeast Asia’s largest wind farm in Laos and sell its electricity to Vietnam.
Economy
Vietnam's export set to hit $340 billion in 2025
Vietnam’s export is set to grow 5% annually between 2021-2025 to reach $340 billion in 2025, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s plan on socio-economic development for the period.
Vietnam’s Jan.-July trade surplus widens to $8.4bln despite virus
Vietnam posted a trade surplus of $8.4 billion in the first seven month of this year, much higher than $1.8 billion surplus in the same period of 2019, according to customs data.
Vietnam bags $2bln from fruit and vegetable exports in first seven months
Vietnam earned nearly $2 billion from fruit and vegetable exports in the first seven months, down 12.3% from a year ago, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
- Vietnam receives over 11.2 million visitors in 11 months 1
- Exporting agricultural products "maintains the stronghold" 2
- Bitter taste of beer 3
- Vietnam a gateway for Canadian firms to enter ASEAN 4
- Vietnam's textile, garment sector targets $44 billion export turnover in 2024 5
- State budget revenue hits $63.5 billion in 11 months, completing 94.9% of whole-year plan 6
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Government gets $9.4bln from State-owned enterprise equitisation
Between 2016 and June 2020, equitisation of State-owned enterprises and State capital divestment brought $9.4 billion, reported the steering committee for enterprise reform and development.
Central bank cuts compulsory reserve interest rates to support pandemic-hit economy
The State Bank of Vietnam announced late Thursday it has lowered rates on compulsory reserves at banks by 0.2-0.5 percentage points to back the economy devastated by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Central bank vows to intervene in gold market
The State Bank of Vietnam has said it will have measure to stabilize the domestic gold market as prices kept soaring recent days.
Remittances to Vietnam in 2020 could drop 18.1% from 2018 on Covid-19
When source economies have been devastated by the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic, global remittances in 2020 are expected to drop $108,6 billion while Vietnam’s remittance is projected to fall 18.1% against 2018.
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Vietnam’s 2020 economy could grow 2.8%, world’s fifth fastest-growing: ...
Being hurt by coronavirus pandemic, Vietnam’s economy could expand 2.8 percent in 2020 and 6.8 percent in 2021, World Bank said in the latest report.
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Vietnam’s Jan.-July trade surplus widens to $6.5bln from $1.8bln
Vietnam reported a trade surplus of $6.5 billion during the first seven months of this year, larger than $1.8 billion surplus of the same period in 2019, said the General Statistics Office.
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Vietnam business closures jump 41.5% in Jan.-July period
Some 32,700 businesses ceased operations in the first seven months of this year, a 41.5% percent year-on-year increase, according to data from General Statistic Office.
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Jan.-July industrial production grows 2.6%, lowest in years due to ...
The index of industrial production witnessed a modest increase of 2.6 percent in the first seven months of 2020, the lowest level in several years, according to the General Statistics Office.
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Vietnam’s consumer prices up 4.07% in Jan-July
The consumer price index expanded 4.07% year-on-year in the first six months of 2020, according to the General Statistics Office.
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Vietnam’s agriculture sector posts $5.2bln trade surplus despite ...
Agriculture sector reported $5.2 billion trade surplus in Jan.-June period though export value fell 2.8% from a year earlier, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
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Vietnam’s Jan.-Jul. pledged FDI drops 6.9% to $18.82bln
Vietnam received $18.82 billion in FDI in the first seven months of 2020, down 6.9% from a year ago, according to data released by Ministry of Planning and Investment on Monday.
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Economists see Vietnam’s 2020 GDP to grow 3.8%
Economic growth could reach 3.8% this year if there is no second COVID-19 outbreak in the second half of the year, according to experts from Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research.
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Oxford Economics forecast Vietnam’s GDP to grow 2.3 percent in 2020
Vietnam’s effective containment of COVID-19 allows it to make a quicker rebound than other economies and its GDP growth can be around 2.3 percent this year, Sian Fenner of Oxford Economics said.
