Despite Vietnam’s large trade deficit with the Republic of Korea, concerns are being allayed with the latter boosting investment and exports for production and re-export in the former, to take advantage of tax cuts under a regional trade pact. SEE MORE Việt Nam ranked ninth out of 20 economies in the Sustainable Trade Index 2018 released by the Hinrich Foundation last week. SEE MORE The Vietnamese dong will not depreciate much against the US dollar in the second half of this year, so the whole year’s slide will be 3 per cent at the most, the Bao Viet Securities Company (BVSC) has forecast. SEE MORE After 32 years undergoing economic reform, Vietnam’s economy has maintained an average GDP growth rate of 6.6%, featuring among the world’s top 50 economies, according to Nguyen Thien Nhan, head of the Party Committee of Ho Chi Minh City. SEE MORE Vietnam’s trade surplus in January-October reached an all-time high of US$7.2 billion, well above the full-year figure of US$2.1 billion for 2017, backed by the foreign direct investment (FDI) sector, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs. SEE MORE