As the global economy is still mostly struggling with the health crisis, the start in 2021 is overshadowed by the hurdles of the previous year. Nevertheless, Vietnam may regain traction in economic growth.

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a heavy impact on every aspect of life in 2020, and the global economy had been especially hard hit. 

OECD boss Angel Gurría says the economic shock is already bigger than the financial crisis

The COVID-19 epidemic has spread worldwide and affected every corner of the global economy. It is causing lost revenues, breaking supply chains, and slashing billions of dollars from the global GDP.

Sustainable infrastructure investments are becoming the norm and enabling stable economic and social growth in Vietnam, Nirukt Sapru, CEO, Vietnam and ASEAN & South Asia Cluster Markets at Standard Chartered Bank.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has attended several sessions during the 14th G20 Summit that opened in Osaka, Japan, on June 28.

Vietnam always treasures peace and stability, said Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh while addressing the 25th International Conference on the Future of Asia in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday.

Vu Viet Ngoan, head of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Team, talks to Thời báo kinh tế Việt Nam about how the country can maintain its strong growth in 2019 and the next few years with internal strengths.

There is a perfect storm brewing for Vietnam in the coming fortnight as family and friends come together for their annual celebrative binge of being Vietnamese for the lunar new year festival, called Tet.

 VietNamNet Bridge – APEC continues to prove its ability to adapt, to transform and to lead, said Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Chair of 2017 APEC National Committee, Pham Binh Minh.

John Hawksworth, chief economist for PriceWaterhouseCoopers in the UK, recently came to Vietnam to attend an APEC-related meeting as speaker. The Saigon Times Daily spoke with him about his views ...

America First may be a main policy of the White House and fuel to the stock market rally but U.S. investors are looking overseas for stronger earnings as S&P 500 companies are set to report their first quarter of double-digit profit gains

 Smoking costs the global economy more than $1 trillion a year, and will kill one third more people by 2030 than it does now, according to a study by the World Health Organization and the U.S. National Cancer Institute published

 The U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to hold interest rates steady on Wednesday as it balances continued concerns about the health of the global economy with fresh signs that domestic inflation is starting to rear its head.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Private firms should be more dynamic in developing linkages and production chains to sharpen competitive edges as the country was underway to integrate deeply into the global economy.

 China accelerated the depreciation of the yuan on Thursday, sending regional currencies and stock markets tumbling as investors feared the Asian giant could trigger competitive currency devaluations from trading partners.

 Asian shares traded higher on Tuesday, recovering from Monday's losses, as Wall Street's positive close boosted investor confidence.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's foreign exchange policies are impacted by outside factors, especially the exchange and interest rates in large economics around the world.

 The Federal Reserve has decided to keep US interest rates unchanged after its latest meeting.