Forecasting the economy in 2025, Dr. Nguyen Quoc Viet, Deputy Director of the Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR), expects important driving forces such as public investment, private investment and import-export activities to continue to maintain positive growth momentum.

In recent times, forecasts for Vietnam's economic growth have shown consensus on the development potential of the Vietnamese economy, with GDP growth expected to reach 6.5% in 2025.

At the seminar "Vietnam's Macroeconomy: Looking back at 2024 and prospects for 2025" jointly organized by (VEPR - University of Economics, Vietnam National University, Hanoi), Vietnam Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (Vinasme) and Vietnam Economic Magazine on January 3, Dr. Nguyen Quoc Viet predicted that economic growth in 2025 will face many risks such as fluctuations in the global economy, trade protectionism trends from the United States and major economies... which could put pressure on Vietnam's growth momentum.

In the long term, climate change and rapid population aging are also emerging as major challenges to Vietnam's macroeconomic stability and sustainable development prospects.

“However, in 2025, the weakening of the USD and the interest rate reduction policy of the US Federal Reserve (Fed) will create favorable conditions for exports, especially to the US market. Vietnam can take advantage of the new trade policies of the US to improve its competitiveness and expand its market share in the international market,” the Deputy Director of VEPR predicted.

In 2025, the National Assembly assigned the Government an economic growth target of 6.5 - 7%, striving for 7 - 7.5%. The Prime Minister even sent a strong message in Official Dispatch 137/CD-TTg with the goal of accelerating and breaking through towards a growth rate of over 8% and expecting to achieve double-digit growth in the coming period. Many experts believe that the above target requires great efforts from the entire political system. To achieve the double-digit growth target, Vietnam needs solutions to renew traditional growth drivers and promote new growth drivers.