The country recording a GDP growth of 8.02% in 2025.

Singapore-based United Overseas Bank (UOB) has raised its
forecast for Vietnam’s GDP growth in 2026 to 7.5% from a previous estimate of
7%, according to the bank’s latest Vietnam economic outlook report.

The country’s real GDP expanded by 8.46% year-on-year in the
fourth quarter of 2025, accelerating from 8.25% in the third quarter, the
report noted.

The fourth-quarter growth rate significantly exceeded
Bloomberg’s forecast of 7.7 percent as well as UOB’s earlier projection of 7.2
percent, marking the fastest quarterly expansion since 2009, excluding the
volatile period caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Exports continued to be the main engine of growth with a
year-on-year increase of 17% in the whole year’s value, despite tariff-related
headwinds.

Vietnam recorded a GDP growth of 8.02% in 2025, the
second-highest rate in the 2011–2025 period.

VnEconomy-Minh Huy