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Day: April 11, 2024

Vietnam’s Imports and Exports, March 2024: Snapshot

Vietnam’s General Department of Customs has released import-export data for March of 2024. Here’s what it has found. Vietnam imports by item, March 2024 March MOM % 2024 YOY % Computers, electrical products, spare-parts and components thereof 8,406,551,184 18.7 24,042,310,269 24.1 Machine, equipment, tools and instruments 3,758,610,687 45.5 10,344,804,723 12.5

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AMRO report finds Vietnam GDP likely to grow at 6 percent in 2024

The ASEAN Macroeconomic Research Office has released its Annual Consultation Report Vietnam – 2023 which forecasts a GDP growth rate of 6 percent this year.  Other key takeaways from the report include: The expansion is predicted to be off the back of increased exports and increased foreign direct investment; Risks

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Vietnam misses latest FTSE Russel stock market upgrade deadline

FTSE Russel has released its March country classification upgrade update with Vietnam holding its position on the firm’s watch list. The assessment is more or less the same as its September assessment with no key changes made to the operation of Vietnam’s stock trading ecosystem in the last six months.

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Vietnam gold prices jump up on ‘impatient’ buyers

Recent record high gold prices in Vietnam have in part been caused by ‘impatient’ buyers, Tuoi Tre is reporting. A number of buyers were waiting for the gold price to go down but as it reached record highs they gave up waiting and bought into the market anyway pushing the

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