• Petrol price hike may lead to high inflation

      16/10/2018
    Macroeconomic targets were built with the presumed crude oil price at below $50 per barrel. However, the price has exceeded the $90 per barrel threshold, nearing $100.  
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  • Vietnam economy steps into the late phase of business cycle

      12/10/2018
    The Vietnamese economy is stepping into the late phase of the business cycle, while FDI corporations alone cannot drive the economy, according to Vietnam Dragon Securities Corporation (VDSC).  
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  • FIEs obscure potential risks in domestic economy

      12/10/2018
    Vietnam’s economy grew 6.81% in 2017, and is likely to attain a higher growth rate this year. While Samsung was the key driver of economic growth in 2017, Formosa and Nghi Son Refinery will take over this role in 2018.  
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  • Vietnam’s GDP could surpass 6.8%

      11/10/2018
    Given the gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate of 6.88% in the third quarter of 2018, the Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR) forecast the country’s full-year growth target of 6.5%-6.7% is attainable, and the rate is more likely to surpass 6.8%, underpinned by the foreign direct investment (FDI) sector’s strong performance.  
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  • Inflation in 2019: will it remain below 4-5 percent?

      09/10/2018
    Curbing the inflation rate at below 4 percent in 2018 is within reach, but this will be a difficult task in 2019.  
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