While Vietnamese experts show big concerns about Vietnam economy, pointing out that too many problems still exist, foreign economists have a positive outlook about Vietnam.
The southern region has received US$1.7 billion worth of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first quarter of 2016, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment's Foreign Investment Agency.
A trade and investment promotion conference chaired by the Vietnamese Embassy and Trade Office in Egypt was organised in Egypt's Aswan province on April 11 to draw local businesses' attention to Vietnam.
Despite slowing growth, the World Bank (WB) still expects that Vietnam's economic growth will be at around 6% in the period of 2016-2018, and will remain one of the strongest growth economies in ASEAN.
The report by World Trade Organisation indicated that Vietnam's exports soared 7.9% to US$162 billion, and its imports surged 12.3%, reaching US$166 billion last year.
Vietnam will open the door for foreign organisations to participate in its financial market in many forms.
Tourism officials have said Southeast Asian countries can attract much more tourists if they work together and ease their immigration and visa policies.
Lawmakers decided to reduce tax on vehicles with low engine displacement, while increasing tax on vehicles with high engine displacement of more than 2,500cc. Engine displacement is the volume swept by all the pistons inside the cylinders.
Agriculture is a Soft Spot” report, ANZ writes that Vietnam stays the only Asian economy bucking a informal trade recession, stability to record organisation trade expansion in a segment where postulated double-digit contractions in exports sojourn a norm.
Vietnam and the European Union (EU) wrapped up negotiations for a free trade agreement in late 2015.
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