- President Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended aceremony in the northern province of Hung Yen on October 1 in response to theAction Month for the Vietnamese Elderly, on the occasion of the InternationalDay of Older Persons.
In his speech, the leader extended his regards and praise to the 12 millionsenior citizens for their active contributions to national construction anddefence. Read full story
- National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue congratulated the southern provinceof Binh Phuoc on its socio-economic achievements, during his working sessionwith the standing board of the provincial Party Committee on October 1. Read full story
- Vietnam’s GDP growth in 2022 and 2023 will be among the highest in SoutheastAsian as shown in many international organisations’ forecasts and assessmentson the Vietnamese economic outlook, Minister-Chairman of the Government OfficeTran Van Son told a routine government press briefing in Hanoi on October 1.
Moody’s, the World Bank (WB), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and theAsian Development Bank (ADB) have projected Vietnam will achieve a GDP growthof 8.5%, 7.2%, 7% and 6.5%, respectively, this year, he said. Read full story
- Vietnam’s GDP growth will reach 8% this year in the base-case scenario,provided that there will be no upheavals in the market but favourable externalfactors for the economy during the remaining months of the year, according toDeputy Minister of Planning and Investment Tran Quoc Phuong.
It was one of the two GDP scenarios for2022 announced by the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) at a routinegovernment press briefing on October 1. Read full story
- The EU–Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) has set the scene for surgingexports to the EU, resulting in an expansion in demand for logistics servicesthat promises a better outlook for the industry and the Vietnamese market,heard a recent Hanoi talk show. Read full story
- Vietnamese’s use of domestic digital platforms recorded a year-on-year riseof 23.5% in August, with 494 million users.
According to data of the Ministry ofInformation and Communications, Vietnamese spent more than 934 million hours onlocal platforms, making up 13.77 percent of total time they spent on alldigital platforms. Read full story
- Vietnam’s Foreign Trade University (FTU) has won the Emerging Change Agentaward for the second consecutive year at the Social Business Creation (SBC)competition.
The SBC is an annual global event for business projects with positive socialimpact, co-organised by HEC Montreal Canada and Prof. Muhammad Yunus, the 2006Nobel prize winner, to look to fulfill 17 United Nations SustainableDevelopment Goals. Read full story
- Representatives of 20 provinces along the shared border between Vietnam andLaos gathered in a conference promoting cooperation for tourism development inthe two countries’ border region in Dien Bien Phu City, the capital of thenorthern mountainous province of Dien Bien, on October 2.
According to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), the sharedborderline of more than 2,300km with eight international border gates and nineborder-gate economic zones between the two countries is of great developmentpotential and holds a strategic position on the East - West economic corridor. Read full story./.