“Localities must achieve higher growth rates than those set in Resolution No. 25/NQ-CP, especially those serving as growth engines of the country,” Minister of Finance Nguyễn Văn Thắng said.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade is drafting a scheme on diversifying imported raw material sources for domestic production, with feedback from industry associations and businesses being incorporated into concrete proposals and support policies.
Prof. Dr. Bùi Quang Tuấn shares with Việt Nam News and Law his views on Việt Nam’s progress, challenges and future direction in pursuing green growth amid tightening global environmental standards.
In Q2 2025, Hà Nội continued to lead the nation in apartment price growth, with the average selling price reaching VNĐ75.5 million per square metre, up 7.7 per cent quarter-on-quarter.
The SBV also stated that it will strive to maintain stable deposit rates and reduce lending rates through cost-cutting, digitalisation, streamlined administrative procedures, and internal restructuring.
Việt Nam is stepping up efforts to achieve an ambitious GDP growth target of 8.3–8.5 per cent this year, despite global uncertainties and divergent economic forecasts.
This makes Việt Nam the fastest-growing economy among the ASEAN+3 group, which includes the ten ASEAN countries along with China, Japan and South Korea.
Credit growth for agriculture and rural development in Việt Nam rose 5.31 per cent in the first half of 2025 compared to the end of 2024, accounting for 23.16 per cent of the country’s total outstanding loans.
Unless the final consumption figure is fractionated, the effectiveness of consumption stimulus policies is not correctly assessed. A lack of disaggregated statistics can prevent sufficiently deep assessments from being a basis for good policies and meaningful stimulation measures.
The Singapore-based United Overseas Bank (UOB) revised its forecast projection for Việt Nam’s GDP growth upward to 6.9 per cent for 2025 from its previous projection of 6 per cent, following the strong performance in the second quarter.