Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam is ranked fifth in the list of the world’smost optimistic countries on economic prosperity in 2017, according to a surveyby WIN/Gallup, the world’s leading association in market research and polling. WIN/GallupInternational published its 40th End of Year Survey exploringoutlook, expectations, views and beliefs of 66,541 people from 66 countriesacross the globe in 2016. The 2016edition includes Vietnam data representing the views of 700 respondents from Hanoiand HCM City interviewed face-to-face by market research company IndochinaResearch (Vietnam) Ltd, a member of WIN/Gallup. The surveyrevealed that about 59 per cent of the respondents are optimistic about theeconomic outlook for 2017, 12 per cent are pessimistic and 26 per cent believethe economy would remain the same. When itcomes to global economic outlook, despite much of the world largely remainingout of recession, economic optimism declined from twelve months ago. The studyshowed that 42 percent of the world is optimistic for the economic outlook in2017, almost double (22 percent) of those who are pessimistic. Netoptimism (the percentage of those saying next year will be one of economicprosperity minus the percentage who say next year will be one of economic difficulty)has fallen from 23 percent to 20 percent. Vietnam isalso ranked the fourth happiest country in the world, following Fiji, China andthe Philippines, the survey said, adding that 79 percent of the respondentsanswering they were happy and only 1 percent said they were unhappy.-VNA
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Under the agreements, VinEnergo will invest in, install, and operate 43 MWp of rooftop solar power capacity and 45 MWh of BESS capacity across the three plants.
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Of the total, 107,700 were new firms, with combined registered capital of 928.4 trillion VND (35.4 billion USD), up 10.6% in number and 5.5% in capital compared with the same period last year.
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PM Chinh proposed MUFG work closely with the Ministry of Finance to improve legal frameworks and support the establishment and operation of the international financial centre in Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City.
The Prime Minister emphasised the significance of maintaining macroeconomic stability, controlling inflation, promoting growth, and improving the harmony between monetary and fiscal policies.
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