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Vietnam: VN can meet 6.8% growth target in 2017: Forbes

HÀ NỘI – Việt Nam will keep attracting investment, expanding export production and watching domestic consumption spread in 2017, according to Forbes’ forecast. The country can also meet its economic growth target of 6.8 per cent set by the Government thanks to these advantages, Forbes said. According to Forbes, US President-elect Donald Trump is expected […]

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Vietnam: VN ranked high for expat careers

HA NOI — Vietnam has overtaken Japan, the Republic of Korea (RoK), Thailand and Taiwan on the list of most desirable locations for expat career opportunities, according to new data released from the latest Expat Explorer survey from the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) in 2017. The report, published on Thursday, ranked Vietnam28th […]

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Vietnam: Nation’s retail sales jump 10% in 2016

Hanoi — Vietnam’s retail sales of goods and services rose to 10.2 per cent to around US$156.7 billion in 2016, data from the General Statistics Office (GSO) has revealed. The rise – it was 9.8 per cent growth in 2015 – reflects an improvement in both domestic consumption capacity and the lives of people, said […]

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Vietnam: Vietnam second in ASEAN in manufacturing sector growth

HANOI  —  The Vietnamese manufacturing sector ended 2016 on a positive note, with the Nikkei Vietnam Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) coming second among the top three PMIs in ASEAN region. The Nikkei Vietnam Manufacturing PMI, a composite performance indicator of the manufacturing sector, posted 52.4 in December, down from November’s 54 but continuing to signal […]

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Vietnam: What were the best investment channels in 2016?

People are investing their money in five main channels of stocks, gold, foreign currencies, property assets and savings but which of these offered the highest returns in 2016? Stocks: 14.8% Stocks, which were deemed risky and volatile assets, paid the highest returns last year. The benchmark VN-Index hit the eight-year peak at 692.17 points on […]

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