The bank said Việt Nam entered the second half of the year with strong economic momentum despite headwinds including conflict in the Middle East, elevated energy prices, supply chain disruptions and uncertainty over global trade policies.
Despite lowering the economic growth forecast of Asia, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) revised the Vietnamese GDP growth forecast from 6.8 per cent to 6.9 per cent for 2019 and from 6.7 per cent to 6.8 per cent for 2020.
