quarter, up three points over the last quarter and 37 points against the
third quarter in 2008.
The survey was conducted by Vietnam World Vest Base Financial
Intelligence Services (WVB FISL) and the PetroVietnam Finance Investment
and Consultancy Company (PVFC Invest).
After
surveying 262 companies in 11 key industries of the country (of which
over 70 percent were medium and small-sized businesses), the result
signalled a recovery and improved investment potential for Vietnam’s
economy in the near future, compared with the first six months of the
year.
When asked to make a forecast about the
country’s economy in the next 12 months, 84.35 percent of those
interviewed said the economy would be better and none believed they
would see a worse economy than during the past six months.
Compared with the second quarter, the number of optimistic businesses
increased by 7.19 percent and that of pessimistic ones decreased by
1.85 percent.
As many as 60 percent would increase
their employment and invest more in fixed assets while 72 percent
believed that their revenues and profits would rise in the next 12
months, the survey said.
However, over the last
quarter, the number of businesses who were worried about revenues and
profits were up 0.06 percent and 1.96 percent, respectively.
The result also showed that many domestic businesses were still
concerned about the adverse effects to their business operations of
inflation and fluctuations in the exchange rate between the US dollar
and Vietnamese dong./.
