Vietnam attracted 12.33 billion USD in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first four months of 2020, a year-on-year decrease of 15.5 percent due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, according the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency (FIA).
Located within the immense forest and mountain area in Ha Tinh and holding a poetic and peaceful beauty, Ke Go Lake has been long established as an ecotourism destination that attracts many tourists from near and far.
More than three-quarters of tourism firms expect their revenue in the second quarter to fall more than 80 per cent from the same period last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In his direction of socioeconomic development during the 2021-2025 period, Vietnamese Prime Minister has planned to target annual gross domestic product growth of 7 percent.
Vietnam is expected to enjoy 2.7% GDP growth in 2020, a much lower rate than the 6.8% target placed earlier since the country implemented necessary social distancing practices to contain coronavirus pandemic.
Fitch Ratings Inc. has revised down Vietnam’s economic growth outlook for this year by 0.5 percentage point to 2.8 percent, below the Bloomberg consensus of 6.1%.
Chairman of Quang Nam People's Committee Le Tri Thanh requested the completion of the planning and expediting investment mobilisation and development of Chu Lai International Airport in the central region.
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