Kuala Lumpur, July 24 -- The ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) raised its 2025 growth forecast for Vietnam's economy to 7%, up from the 6.5% projected in April, in the latest quarterly update of its flagship ASEAN+3 Regional Economic Outlook (AREO) released on July 23. AMRO Chief Economist Dong He said in a press briefing on the same day that the bumping up of the country's growth is really a reflection of the much better outturn in the first half of the year, as it notched a multi-year high GDP growth of 7.52% in the first half of 2025, driven by healthier domestic consumption, robust exports and strong improvement in the manufacturing and services sectors. Acknowledging that Vietnam stands out as one of the most exposed to US...