Hanoi, May 5 -- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh presented a supplementary assessment report on the socio-economic development and state budget in 2024, along with updates on the performance of the socio-economic development and state budget tasks in early 2025 at the 15th National Assembly's 9th session that opened in Hanoi on May 5.

In his speech, PM Chinh announced that Vietnam had met or surpassed all 15 key targets in 2024, with 12 exceeding initial projections. A standout achievement was the rebound in labour productivity growth, which had lagged for three years but finally outstripped its goal.

The economy grew by 7.09%, among the highest rates in the region and the world, propelling Vietnam's economic size to 476.3 billion USD and...