Vietnam will see great momentum for stronger export growth in the second half of 2018, with its export-import turnover estimated to reach the 500 billion USD benchmark by 2019.
Removing barriers and improving the business environment would contribute to reaching economic growth targets in the context of a tight State budget, director of the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s National Economic Issues Department Tran Quoc Phuong.
Ho Chi Minh City has set out to achieve a 10-10.5 percent growth rate in
trade and services this year, of which total retail sales are expected
to rise by 15.3 percent to nearly 700 trillion VND (32.8 billion USD).