Vietnam’s economy is forecast to maintain healthy growth in 2019 and 2020 at 6.8% and 6.7%, respectively, after growing a robust 7.1% last year, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said in an update of its flagship annual economic publication, launched today, September 25. SEE MORE The State budget’s domestic revenue in the first eight months of 2019 is estimated at VND808.8 trillion (US$34.8 billion), according to the Ministry of Finance. SEE MORE Vietnam’s fiscal deficit, including principal repayments, would come in at 6.6 percent of GDP this year and next year, up from 5.9 percent in 2018, Fitch Solutions Macro Research forecast. SEE MORE On August 23 the State Bank of Việt Nam set the benchmark exchange rate at VNĐ23,127 to the dollar, weakening the đồng by VNĐ5 compared to the previous five days (August 19). SEE MORE Vietnamese income has improved significantly, but it has not reached the $3,000per capita threshold as calculated by General Statistics Office, economists say. SEE MORE