Tropical depression forecast to strengthen into storm Due to the storm’s influence, from the afternoon of Friday, the eastern part of the northern East Sea will see strong winds. Sea waves are expected to reach heights of 2.5 to 3.5 metres, with rough seas and hazardous conditions for marine traffic, including thunderstorms, squalls, and large waves. 09:02 | 18/07/2025
Việt Nam's GDP growth poised to beat forecast by 0.3%: official The government is also pushing for public investment capital disbursement, promoting new growth drivers, and capitalising on the 17 signed free trade agreements while advancing new trade pacts. 09:07 | 04/07/2025
Severe cold spells forecast for January and February The Deputy Director of the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, warned that extreme weather, such as thunderstorms, hail, severe cold, frost and ice, could negatively impact agricultural production and public health nationwide. 11:27 | 17/12/2024
Monetary policy forecast unlikely to loosen further It will be difficult for the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) to further loosen monetary policy due to a rising USD/VNĐ exchange rate pressure, experts said. 10:27 | 22/11/2024
Majority of enterprises forecast positive performance in Q2 2024 Specifically, 45.4 per cent of enterprises forecast their production and business activities in Q2 2024 will be more positive than Q1 2024, while 36.6 per cent of enterprises predict a stable production and business for the period. 15:00 | 15/04/2024
ADB maintains 6% growth forecast for Vietnam's economy The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has maintained its earlier growth projection for Vietnam this year despite lingering uncertainties in the external environment. Vietnam’s economy is expected to grow at 6.0% and 6.2% in 2024 and 2025, respectively, heard a conference held in Hanoi on April 11. 13:09 | 12/04/2024
IMF maintains forecast for Vietnam’s 2023 GDP growth at 4.7% Experts from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) maintained their forecast for Vietnam’s GDP growth at 4.7% in 2023 but expressed their optimism about the medium-term prospects, with GDP growth predicted to reach 5.8% in 2024 and 6.9% in 2025. 14:26 | 19/10/2023
Vietnam's seafood exports forecast to reach $9b in 2023 In the best scenario, seafood exports in the remaining five months of 2023 may reach over US$4 billion, bringing the total export value in 2023 to $9 billion. 10:31 | 15/08/2023
Profit growth of banking industry forecast to slow in 2023 Vietnam Foreign Trade Bank’s Securities Joint Stock Company (VCBS) forecast the industry's pre-tax profit in 2023 will grow by only about 10 per cent, much lower than the rate of nearly 35 per cent last year. 08:28 | 24/07/2023
Vietnam’s GDP growth forecast to rank second in ASEAN Vietnam’s GDP is projected to grow 5.8% this year, sharing the second position with Cambodia in the region, only after the Philippines, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). 09:09 | 18/04/2023
