The Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung today unveiled the Fourth Quarter Update and 2019 Review - Independent Assessment of Vietnam’s Macroeconomic Performance.

Vietnam’s growth momentum moderated since the beginning of the year, but outlook remains positive, according to Taking Stock, the World Bank (WB)’s bi-annual economic report on Vietnam released on July 1.

Fifty-five percent of German businesses, when asked, have said they want to increase investment capital in Vietnam, higher than the rate for Southeast Asia (44 percent).

Vietnam’s wood and wooden product exports to the United States may be subject to higher import duties due to a surge in export revenues and China’s foreign direct investment in the local industry, experts said at a recent seminar in Hanoi.

 The G20 group of finance ministers have said trade tensions could undermine the global economy.