An official from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has expressed confidence in Vietnam’s medium-term economic outlook, describing the country as one of Southeast Asia’s most resilient economies despite mounting global uncertainties.

As Vietnam marks 51 years since reunification, the conversation around reconciliation, development, and national vision is being placed within a broader context - one in which countries are confronting profound shifts of the modern era.

Amid global economic uncertainty and growing scepticism about the sustainability of growth, Vietnam’s economy continues to show resilience, maintaining key growth drivers.

Vietnam is setting a goal for double-digit GDP growth in the coming years as a developmental choice: either break through to overcome the middle-income trap or continue walking in a rapidly changing world.

When a law must wait for a decree, and that decree in turn waits for a circular, what is delayed is not just a document but the entire economy.

For many years, electricity has always had to stay “one step ahead” of the pace of economic development. No economy can accelerate sustainably when energy infrastructure lags behind.

Vietnam’s economy continues to show strong resilience and steady expansion despite persistent global uncertainties, according to a press release on Vietnam’s economic outlook issued by the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) on April 24.

Vietnam is rapidly emerging as one of ASEAN’s most dynamic and reliable supply hubs, amid a global shift in sourcing strategies, according to domestic and foreign manufacturers as well as international exhibitors.

Recently, an interesting comparison was made between the price of a standard bowl of pho (around VND50,000 in Hanoi) and the minimum wage in major cities, which currently stands at over VND5 million per month.

Sustainable high growth requires not just more capital, but more functional markets.

The commitment to “walk the talk” by National Assembly Chair Tran Thanh Man, together with the reform orientation set by Party Chief To Lam, raises expectations that the 16th NA will create an “institutional runway” for growth.

A series of Politburo resolutions is reshaping Vietnam’s growth model, especially in HCM City, requiring a reassessment of key sectors and stronger state-market coordination to sustain rapid, durable growth.

Growth in the coming period is not just a story about targets, but consistently and effectively implemented development principles.

To realise the target of faster and more sustainable growth of the private economic sector experts underlined that greater policy space must be created for domestic private businesses to grow.

Vietnam is building a closed-loop “circular economy” ecosystem, with the industrial sector driving the most drastic, sweeping and transformative change.

Vietnam is entering a new investment cycle with fewer but larger projects aimed at achieving double-digit growth in 2026–2030.

National branding is emerging as a strategic tool to enhance the country’s global standing, helping businesses shift from contract manufacturing to innovation-driven growth and sustainable value creation, according to a trade official.

Facing an urgent situation, in early 2011, the Government convened an unprecedented meeting with leaders of all localities and ministries and sectors to find strategies to stabilize the economy.

Vietnam’s economy has demonstrated strong resilience in recent years, but the next phase of development will demand more than recovery. It will require a fundamental shift in how growth is generated.