Vietnam among 2016's best economic performers: survey
Vietnam was forecast to reach an economic growth rate of 6.6 percent in 2016 just behind India with 7.4-percent growth, said economists in the survey on the world's worst-performing economies in 2016
Part of the list posted on Bloomberg website. (Source: Bloomberg)
Hanoi (VNA) -💙 Vietnam was forecast to reach an economic growth rate of 6.6 percent in 2016 just behind India with 7.4-percent growth, said economists in the survey on the world's worst-performing economies in 2016 carried out by Bloomberg.
With such a growth rate, Vietnam will be the best economic performer in Southeast Asia, followed by the Philippines (6 percent), the Nhan Dan newspaper cited Bloomberg’s forecast.
A growth rate of 5.2 percent is predicted for Indonesia, while a 4.5-percent growth rate is forecast for Malaysia; 3.2 percent for Thailand; and 2.3 percent for Singapore.
The top ten performers for 2016 also included Bangladesh (6.6 percent), China (6.5 percent), Sri Lanka (6.4 percent), Kenya (6.1 percent), Panama (6.1 percent), the Philippines (6 percent), Uganda (5.6 percent) and Dominica (5.4 percent).
In the Bloomberg analysis, 2016 will only bring more disappointment with Venezuela being the worst performers of any of the 93 surveyed countries, followed by Brazil, Greece and Russia.
In the meantime, many powerful economies were predicted to have a low economic growth rate including the US (2.5 percent), the UK (2.3 percent), Germany (1.8 percent), France (1.4 percent), Japan (1 percent) and the Republic of Korea (2.9 percent) among others.-VNA
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Deputy Director General of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT)’s Trade Promotion Agency Bui Quang Hung emphasised that logistics has evolved from a technical function into a core capability for Vietnamese exporters to maintain their competitive advantage in the US market.
A trade official has suggested companies work closely with shipping lines, airlines, and freight forwarders to monitor routes, transit times, and potential surcharges while exploring broader cargo insurance to cover risks like war and terrorism.
In addition to institutional reform, the agency is also rolling out key solution groups to combat counterfeit goods, imitations, and intellectual property infringements in the digital environment.
The event, co-organised by the Vietnam Trade Office in the UK and TT Meridian, a local importer of Vietnamese fresh produce, aims to build a national lychee brand and encourage broader recognition of Vietnamese fruits in a competitive, high-end market.
The industry's performance has been powered by bold investments in modern production lines, enabling Vietnamese firms to produce complicated products which were exclusive to advanced economies.
Part of the list posted on Bloomberg website. (Source: Bloomberg)
