The ACBS securities company has prepared three scenarios for Vietnam’s stock market. In the base scenario, growth will be some 19 per cent by the end of 2022, thanks to banking, transportation, real estate, and utility stocks, and the VN-Index will be around 1,400 points. In the optimistic scenario, the VN-Index will hit 1,500-1,600 points, and in the pessimistic scenario it will be 1,200 points.

According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the industrial production index will rise 9.5 per cent this year, with export growth at 9.5 per cent and import growth at 10.3 per cent. Trade will be in surplus, by $1 billion.