Vietnam's economy delivered its strongest first-half performance in over a decade, with GDP surging 7.52%, the highest since 2011. However, in order to deliver on the full-year growth target of 8%, the economy will need to expand 8.42% in the remaining months of the year, according to the National Statistics Office of Vietnam (NSO).

Total he northern province of Hung Yen welcomed 32 new foreign-funded projects valued at 544.29 million USD between the beginning of the year and June 20, bringing its totals to 578 projects and 7.5 billion USD.

The Vietnam Bank for Industry and Trade (VietinBank) held a conference in Hanoi on July 12 to review its first-half performance and launch tasks for the remaining months this year.