Topic: growth

The country will benefit from its many growth drivers and other factors this year, recent garment and textile meeting hears.

Vietnam posted GDP growth of 8 per cent in 2022.

Google, Temasek, and Bain & Company report paints a rosy picture for Vietnam’s digital economy.

Ho Chi Minh City’s trade is still recording impressive growth despite Vietnam being affected by the troublesome global situation. A report from the city’s Department of Statistics shows that export turnover was $4.156 billion in September, an increase of 0.3 per cent compared to August, while import turnover in the first nine months was $48.764 billion, up 10.3 per cent year-on-year.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has officially adjusted the credit limit for four banks - Vietcombank, HDBank, MB, and VPBank - in a bid to support weak credit institutions under government policy. An additional VND83.5 trillion ($3.49 billion) will be injected into the economy following the move. The credit growth limit at 18 banks has now reached 13.6 per cent.

With impressive growth posted in the third quarter, United Overseas Bank (UOB) has raised its growth forecast for Vietnam in 2022 to 8.2 per cent; significantly higher than its previous forecast of 7 per cent. UOB believes that, in 2023, Vietnam’s economy will be affected to a certain degree in the context of demand in main markets continuing to slow down. Growth next year is therefore expected to be 6.6 per cent.

The government and international organizations are optimistic about Vietnam’s economic growth in 2022 and 2023.

GSO puts growth in the third quarter at 13.67 per cent year-on-year, significantly higher than the 10-11 per cent forecast previously.

According to the General Statistics Office, the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) increased 12.12 per cent year-on-year in the third quarter of 2022 and 9.63 per cent in the first nine months. Processing and manufacturing continued to be a driving force of growth, increasing 10.69 per cent and contributing 2.74 per cent to higher added value in the economy.

Vietnam’s insurance technology (insurtech) market, which accounts for only 2-3 per cent of total revenue in the insurance market, has a lot of potential to develop. A representative from one insurtech company said the local market is expected to soon reach into the tens of billions of dollars, and the comprehensive application of digitalization in the insurance industry will drive sustainable market growth.