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PM wants to begin economic recovery plan this month
Government agencies are working on new stimulus packages to channel the capital flows into priority fields.
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17:04, 2021/07/14
Vietnam to keep public debt at 60% of GDP in next 5 years
The government expects a budget deficit of $86.7 billion, or 3.7% of the GDP, in the next five-year period.
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13:09, 2021/06/08
Vietnam Gov’t to borrow US$75 billion
In 2021, the government would borrow VND624.22 trillion (US$27.2 billion), including VND527.35 trillion (US$23 billion) from domestic source.
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13:15, 2020/11/06
Vietnam targets fiscal deficit of 3.7% of GDP in next five years
By 2025, Vietnam’s public debt is projected at 47.5% of the revised GDP (which is 25.4% higher than current method of GDP’s calculation), or 60.4% of the level before being revised.
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10:43, 2020/10/02
Vietnam GDP growth poised to rebound 8.1% in 2021: HSBC
While Vietnam is on track to witness the strongest growth in ASEAN this year, a weakening job market is the biggest risk to its economic recovery.
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12:04, 2020/08/11
Vietnam could afford raising public debt to support post-Covid recovery
By the end of 2019, Vietnam’s public debt had significantly dropped to 55% of GDP from 63.7% in 2016.
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12:50, 2020/07/15
Vietnam's foreign borrowings jump 1.6-fold to US$533 million in H1
The government is looking at loans and government bonds, among others, to meet growing demand of state expenditure.
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18:00, 2020/07/09
Vietnam National Economic Advisory Council sees GDP growth at 3 – 4% in 2020
For this year and early 2021, the PM expects fiscal deficit and public debt could widen by an additional 3–4 percentages of GDP to provide more support for enterprises.
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15:30, 2020/06/16
Vietnam fiscal deficit, public debt stay within limits set in 2016-2020 plan
In a worse scenario where GDP would expand 3.6% this year, Vietnam's fiscal deficit is forecast at 5.02% of GDP and public debt at 56.4%.
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22:26, 2020/06/09
Reform state-owned enterprises to avoid a Covid-19 debt and investment crisis
State-owned enterprises supply energy, transport, and water to millions in Asia and the world. Managing them better will help consumers and governments alike.