2024 is a challenging year globally, with the world economy facing unpredictable shifts, but Vietnam's banking system has successfully navigated these challenges, achieving significant milestones, said State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Governor Nguyen Thi Hong.

Bank credit in August is showing signs of recovery after a decline in July, according to the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV).

As Vietnam reaches the midpoint of 2024, experts and businesses are offering optimistic assessments of the country's economic performance over the past six months.

Vietnam's economy is showing mixed signs of recovery in early 2024, with growth forecast to reach 5.5% in 2024 and gradually rise to 6.0% by 2025, according to the latest World Bank Taking Stock bi-annual economic update released on April 23.

With noteworthy signs of recovery in the first two months of this year, the national economy is expected to bounce back quickly this year.

Vietnam’s aquatic product exports in January surged 60.8% year-on-year to 730 million USD, making a positive signal for the year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Agency of Foreign Trade.

The Vietnam – US trade relations are enjoying strong growth after the US concluded its investigation related to Section 301 into Vietnam’s alleged import and use of timber illegally harvested or traded, and removed Vietnam from its currency manipulation list, said Trade Counsellor of Vietnam in the US Do Ngoc Hung.

There is a great opportunity for Vietnam to promote its exports as global markets are showing signs of recovery, experts have said.

Vietnam’s job market showed strong signs of recovery in the first quarter of 2021, opening up various opportunities for workers, especially highly-skilled workers.

Vietnam’s pepper exports have shown signs of recovery, coming in at 45 million USD in September, a year-on-year surge of 22.2 percent.

The slump in fisheries exports eased in September, with revenue reaching 820 million USD, an increase of 0.6 percent year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

More jobs were created in the third quarter of this year on the back of the country’s economic resurgence, a press conference held by the General Statistics Office (GSO) on October 6 heard.

The export of Vietnamese shrimps to Japan has shown signs of recovery this year, after a 9.2-percent decrease in 2018.