Hanoi (VNA) – Russian Ambassador to Vietnam Gennady Bezdetko has hailed Vietnam for its efforts in economic development amid a host of difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and concerns over a global economic recession. Due to some negative factors, including the pandemic and soaring energy prices, the global economy faced a range of challenges, he continued. Vietnam records good economic growth in 2022 although many countries across the world found it hard to go through the year. The country has kept foreign investment inflows, and integrated more intensively and extensively into the global economy, with production and technology potential intensified, he explained. Vietnam's targets of maintaining the annual GDP growth at 7% and raising per capital income at 7,500 USD by 2030 are reachable.

Source: Viet Nam News January 19, 2023 01:57 UTC