In a report released lately, the National Financial Supervisory Commission of Vietnam (NFSC) has forecast Vietnam’s economy will grow 7.5-5.5 percent for the fourth quarter and over 6.7 percent in all of 2017. SEE MORE “I used to swim in this bay when I was a kid but there’s nowhere to swim anymore,” the hotel driver said on the way to Manila airport, pointing to the hotels and giant shopping malls that now occupy the Bay City area of the Philippine capital. SEE MORE The dollar extended gains to an almost three-month high after U.S. stocks closed at yet another record, as confidence in the world’s largest economy grows in the buildup to the latest jobs data. European shares edged lower, bond yields rose and the euro weakened as the Catalonia crisis rumbled on. SEE MORE Vietnam’s economy witnessed positive changes in the first nine months of 2017 with growth increasing from quarter to quarter, according to Director General of the General Statistics Office (GSO) Nguyen Bich Lam. SEE MORE After Vietnam’s economic growth in July-September reached 7.46 per cent year-on-year, the strongest third quarter growth since 2011, the 2017 GDP growth target, considered by many economists as “ambitious”, is now claimed by the General Statistics Office (GSO) as achievable. SEE MORE