WB lowers forecast for Vietnam's 2021 GDP growth to 2-2.5%

Frozen shrimp being processed for export by workers of Minh Phú Hậu Giang Seafood JSC. Vietnam's GDP in the third quarter of 2021 decreased by 6.17 per cent from the same period last year, the sharpest decline since Vietnam announced its quarterly GDP in 2006. - VNA/VNS

HANOI (Vietnam/Asia News Network): World Bank continued to lower Vietnam’s GDP growth forecast for this year to 2-2.5 per cent in its October 2021 Vietnam Macro Monitoring.

Vietnam's GDP in the third quarter of 2021 decreased by 6.17 per cent from the same period last year, the sharpest decline since Vietnam announced its quarterly GDP in 2006.