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The stock market holds potential for investment this year in the context of the macroeconomic recovery and a rebound in manufacturing and business activities across most sectors. Economic experts and business representatives shared this opinion at the Vietnam Wealth Advisor Summit (VWAS) 2024 "Adapting to Uncertainties", which took place on June 6 at the Pullman Hanoi Hotel.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has announced that Vietnam will invest in several research centres to support universities and innovation hubs, with pilot production costs potentially reaching $7 billion, necessitating collaboration between the government and the private sector.

Despite remarkable strides in socioeconomic development, including economic growth, Vietnam continues to grapple with issues pertaining to the quality and sustainability of this growth. The country’s economic expansion is still heavily dependent on the augmentation of input resources and industries that are labor and resource-intensive. The influence of elements directly associated with enhancing quality, labor productivity, competitiveness, and innovation has not met anticipated standards.

The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) asked all credit institutions including foreign bank branches to reduce lending annual interest rate by 1-2 percent in a bid to facilitate credit access and spur growth. The central bank called on credit institutions to channel capital into traditional growth drivers, emerging industries, green transformation, circular economy, and social housing.

The development prospects of the Vietnamese economy in 2024 are very positive and driven by substantial foreign investment, especially in high-tech industries, according to Savills Viet Nam's report on investment in the Asia-Pacific region in the first quarter of 2024.

The wave of innovative start-ups in Việt Nam has developed at “dizzying” speeds, attracting the attention of many domestic and foreign investors, a seminar, entitled 'Investment Policies for Start-ups' in Hà Nội, heard Monday.

The disbursement of public investment from the State budget in the first five months of this year was estimated to reach VNĐ190.6 trillion (US$7.44 billion), equal to 26.6 per cent of the yearly target and 5 per cent higher than the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

The State Capital Investment and Trading Corporation (SCIC) recently unveiled its second-phase divestment list for 2024, which includes prominent businesses like FPT Corporation, Becamex IDC and Tiền Phong Plastic. The announcement generated excitement in the market.