Vietnam Today

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked central Thua Thien-Hue province to review laws, decrees, and circulars and propose amendments and supplements to resolve and handle any issues, emphasizing that the province needs to identify advantages and opportunities to develop.

NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue held an online meeting on September 30 with a high-level business delegation from the US-ASEAN Business Council (USABC) on promoting priority goals, especially in Vietnam’s digital transformation and sustainable development.

Import and export turnover in the first nine months of the year stood at $483.17 billion, up 24.4 per cent over the same period last year. Trade has returned to surplus, to the tune of $500 million.

Vietnam possesses a number of strategic geographical advantages to become a regional Digital Hub by 2030.

GDP growth in the third quarter is estimated to have declined 6.17 per cent year-on-year, the steepest fall since Vietnam began announcing quarterly GDP figures. The industry and construction sector and the service sector were both down sharply.

The government’s policy of moving from the goal of “Zero Covid” to “living safely with Covid” is an important shift and in line with reality. The country’s economy is now being adjusted to adapt to this new strategy.