Viet Nam faces challenges in hitting growth target of 6.5 per cent this year

Thursday, Jul 13, 2023

Viet Nam’s economic growth in H2 will be driven by accelerating public investment, the main beneficiaries of which are the construction, transportation, and construction material production industries.

Growth target is within reach: GSO Director

Thursday, Oct 20, 2022

Achieving the growth target this year is within reach as the foundation for growth remains. Along with that, the economic recovery package will be strongly implemented in the last quarter in the context that agriculture, service and manufacturing industries still...

Rising petrol prices could put brake on economy: expert

Thursday, Feb 17, 2022

Nguyen Bich Lam, former director of the General Statistics Office, spoke to Vietnam News Agency about rising petrol prices.

Rising petrol price severely affects the economy

Thursday, Oct 28, 2021

As the COVID-19 pandemic is gradually put under control, the world continues to suffer inflationary pressure and as the economy picks up, so to does the demand for fuel. Nguyen Bich Lam, former General Director of the General Statistics Office,...

CPI reflects real performance of commodity prices

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

The General Statistics Office announced that the consumer price index (CPI) in April 2021 decreased by 0.04 per cent compared to the previous month, while many types of goods increased in price from the beginning of the year. Nguyen Trung Tien, deputy...

Viet Nam’s economic growth impressive in Q1

Saturday, Mar 30, 2019

Viet Nam’s economic growth was impressive in the first quarter of this year in the context of a global slowdown, Nguyen Bich Lam, General Director of the General Statistics Office (GSO) of Viet Nam said at a press conference on...

Fuel price hike threatens to raise VN inflation

Monday, Apr 16, 2018

This was the second increase in retail fuel prices this year. The global price of oil has increased from US$60 per barrel early this year to $70 now, and the uptrend is forecast to continue.

Restructure economy to boost new firms: official

Tuesday, Feb 06, 2018

Favourable conditions are needed to increase the number of new businesses and startups in order to realise the target of 1 million enterprises by 2020, an official has said.

Labour productivity needs a boost

Thursday, Jan 04, 2018

Manufacturing enterprises should implement breakthrough solutions to improve productivity of labour, raising the industrial production index of the nation in 2018, Nguyen Bich Lam, director of the General Statistics Office (GSO), said.