Le Viêt Nam, aujourd'hui

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s attendance at the 2010 World Economic Forum (WEF) has not only affirmed Vietnam’s determination to boost multifaceted cooperation but also indicated its increasing role and prestige in the international arena.

Vietnam on Tuesday attracted enough demand for its second dollar-denominated bonds but the government had to pay a significant premium over sovereign bonds launched this month by regional competitors Indonesia and the Philippines.

Vietnam' economy grew 5.3 per cent in 2009, surpassing the government's annual growth target of 5 per cent, according to figures released Thursday by the statistics office.

HANOI - Vietnam's consumer price index (CPI) rose 1.38 per cent in December from the month before, bringing the annual inflation rate to 6.9 per cent, much lower than last year's 25.2 per cent, the General Statistics Office said Thursday. Inflationary pressure eased because the country's economic growth was slower in 2009 than the year before, economist Pham Chi Lan said.

The French government will continue to support and encourage its businesses to increase their investment in Vietnam, Prime Minister Francois Fillon assured HCM City authorities on November 13.

At the press meeting held last Friday in International Conference Centre, the chief of governmental office Nguyen Xuan Phuc said that the government has approved the second economic stimulus package after obtaining the voting of most members.

HANOI — Vietnam on Tuesday estimated its trade deficit for the first ten months had almost halved from the same period last year.

Vietnam is sailing through the global recession thanks to the concerted efforts taken by the government but its economic growth has fallen to a 10-year low, said prime minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

HANOI - Despite worries over the increase in the consumer price index (CPI) and the impacts of the global economic crisis, it is believed that Vietnam will reach its target of reducing the poverty rate to 10-11 percent by 2010, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported.

The country's total industrial production value in September is estimated to reach 62.56 trillion dong, up 2.9 percent month on month and 12.5 percent year-on-year, bringing the total figure of first nine months to 506 trillion dong, growing 6.5 percent against 2008, Ministry of Planning and Investment reported.

Vietnam's economy is expected to grow 5.5 per cent in the third quarter from a year earlier, faster than the previous two quarters, state media says.

Vietnam expects annual inflation to increase to a rate of 7.8-8.2 percent next year from about 5-5.7 percent this year due to higher commodity prices, a state-run newspaper quoted a government think-tank as saying on Tuesday.

BUON MA THUOT - Senior Vietnamese officials on Saturday sought to portray a remote region of the country that has grappled with at times violent anti-government protests as an attractive investment destination.

The National centre for Socio-Economic Information and Forecast of Vietnam forecasted that the country is likely to see export growth of zero percent this year, the local newspaper Vietnam Investment Review reported Monday.