Vietnam has increased its 2020 GDP growth target to 3.0% according to the VN Express. The target is 0.5 percentage points higher than the target announced last month.
Vietnam has been among the most successful countries at containing Covid-19. They stopped COVID in March and July.
Vietnam’s GDP growth fell to a 10-year low of 2.12 percent in the first nine months. The US appears like it will shrink by 4% in 2020 and Europe could shrink by 8%. In 2019, Vietnam had 7.0% GDP growth.
South Korea is doing fairly well with an estimate of -0.8% GDP growth for 2020 from the IMF. This estimate was increased from the previous estimate. South Korea has 25% of its trade with China. China is expecting about 3% GDP growth for 2020. South Korea has also had very good handling of the pandemic.
SOURCES – IMF, VNExpress, OECD
Written By Brian Wang, Nextbigfuture.com
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