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Nearly 92% of Vietnamese businesses expect higher profits in the year ahead, much higher than any country in a recent survey of Grant Thornton.

BusinessWeek quoted the latest findings from the Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR) showing that Vietnamese businesses were most optimistic about business prospects in 2010.

Under the report, 95% of surveyed Vietnamese businesses said that they expected revenue to increase and 92% looked at increased profits in 2010 while the global average rates are 54% and 47%, respectively.

The International Business Report (IBR) survey reflects opinions of more than 7,400 privately held businesses (PHB) across 36 economies and highlights a group of 10 economies where businesses are more optimistic about the outlook for their economies.

The survey shows Vietnam rates highest in three categories: job offers, revenue, and profitability of businesses. Other ranked items in the survey are general optimism, export, and R&D (Research and Development).

In general optimism, Vietnam ranks fourth in the survey after Chile, India, and Australia.

“Thanks to the USD/VND exchange rate adjusted up, Vietnamese producers are optimistic about 2010...a USD price rise will help Intel Group build a chip production factory in Vietnam,” said Grant Thornton.

Kenneth Atkinson, managing partner of Grant Thornton Vietnam said that together with road and new power projects under construction, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in Vietnam also increased in the recent months. “I forecast many companies will run out of capacity this year,” said Mr. Atkinson.

Asian countries rank in the top 10 countries and economies with their businesses that are optimistic about profit prospect in 2010, said Grant Thornton. The top ten are Vietnam, India, the Philippines, Brazil, Chile, Australia, Denmark, Sweden, Armenia, and South Africa.

Compared to countries suffering economic downturn in 2009, Vietnam’s economy obtained a growth rate of 5.3%, unemployment rate was lower than expected, and consumption increased in many localities. The Vietnamese government targets GDP growth of 7% this year.

Atkinson forecast a higher gross domestic product (GDP) growth for Vietnam than the 6.5% projection for this year if the recovery stays on track. “As long as there are no further hiccups in the global recovery then in our opinion, 7% is not an unreasonable target.”

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasts the global economy will grow 4% in 2010.

BTA (Source: VNEconomy)