Many Vietnamese have expressed doubts about the prediction that Vietnam is expected to become the 20th largest economy in the world by 2050, exceeding Thailand, Canada and Italy. SEE MORE Vietnam was the country with the most to gain from the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Increased market access, especially to the US, would have supported an export manufacturing boom and outsized GDP growth in what is already one of Southeast Asia’s fastest growing economy. SEE MORE Vietnam’s real GDP growth in 2016 was recorded at 6.2 per cent. Over the next few quarters, it’s believed that Vietnam’s openness to trade, investment, tourism, and increasing demographic dividend, will continue to bode well for the manufacturing sector and broader economy. We can expect real GDP growth to accelerate to 6.4 per cent in 2017 and 2018, according to latest report from Business Monitor International (BMI) Research. SEE MORE The year of 2016 was considered as a year full of challenges for Vietnam's economy as internal problems remained cumbersome while the international situation witnessed unpredictable developments. SEE MORE The first two weeks of January saw a trade deficit of some US$80 million as shipments of some of the nation’s key export earners dipped, showed data of the General Department of Customs. SEE MORE