Vietnam shining bright as Covid crisis winner
Vietnam following in China’s footsteps as one of the few nations worldwide to record positive 2020 economic growth
Vietnam economy is Asia’s shining star during Covid
Vietnam has minimised the economic damage from Covid-19 and is the only country in South East Asia on track for growth this year.
Vietnam : RCEP offers an ideal economic model
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) has given Vietnam and other Asean countries a perfect opportunity to become a centre of investment attraction, said Minister of Industry and Trade, Trần Tuấn Anh.
Belgium and its effective cooperation with Vietnam
NDO – Over the past few decades, the cooperation between Belgium and Vietnam has developed positively and effectively across all aspects of politics, the economy, science, culture, education, environment and development aid.
Hai Phong, billed as Vietnam’s Shenzhen, seen getting a boost from status as manufacturing hub of Southeast Asian nation
Hong Kong-based investment adviser Asia Bankers Club is marketing a residential project to investors in the northern Vietnamese city. Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City remain the preferred locations for foreign investors, say analysts
Biden economic policies likely to be kinder on Vietnam
The possible revival of a major trade pact and a less aggressive policy on currency manipulation will benefit Vietnam when Joe Biden assumes the U.S. presidency, analysts say.
Vietnam PM says pandemic costs $8.6 billion in budget revenue
The pandemic is seen costing Vietnam nearly 200 trillion dong ($8.6 billion) in budget revenue this year, according to the government’s website, which cited Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc during a discussion with National Assembly deputies on Monday.
Why Vietnam wouldn’t mind if Trump loses to Biden
Vietnam has benefitted from Trump’s trade war but his currency fixing sanction threats make Biden the safer bet
Vietnam PM urges Trump to take objective view in trade dispute
Vietnam’s prime minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on Monday the country’s exchange rate policy was not aimed at helping its exports and asked that US President Donald Trump have « a more objective assessment of the reality in Vietnam ».
Banks maintain profit growth but bad debts rise
Most banks reported profit growth in the first nine months, but bad debts posted a double-digit rise due to the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Is the global supply chain really heading to Vietnam ?
As the US seeks to decouple from China, is Vietnam becoming the world’s next factory floor ? Vietnam, a frontier market in Southeast Asia, is often named as one of the biggest winners in the US-China trade dispute
Vietnam Airlines reports heavy losses, denies rumors of bankruptcy
Despite incurring heavy losses of VND10.75 trillion (US$463.3 million) in the January-September period, Vietnam Airlines has refuted rumors that it has filed for bankruptcy due to Covid-19.
Vietnam seeks 6.5% growth through 2025 after missing current goal
Hanoi eyes regional supply chains after pandemic derailed GDP target for 2016-20
Is Vietnam the next ‘Asian Miracle’?
The country is making autocratic capitalism work unusually well.
Vietnam an outlier during Covid-19 pandemic
Vietnam should re-emerge quickly in the post-pandemic period, making it one of the best performers in the global economy
Trump takes trade war aim at Vietnam’s dong
Trump takes trade war aim at Vietnam’s dong – Asia Times US plans to investigate Vietnam for currency manipulation but rising bilateral trade deficit is a reflection of decoupling from China
Vietnam an outlier during Covid-19 pandemic
Vietnam should re-emerge quickly in the post-pandemic period, making it one of the best performers in the global economy
Vietnam Q3 GDP improves to 2.6% growth on rising exports
Vietnam’s real gross domestic product rose 2.62% in the July-September quarter, the State Statistical Bureau said on Tuesday.
Economic security : Vietnam’s cardinal policy goal
As the COVID-19 pandemic recedes, Vietnam needs to take concerted action to shore up the foundations of its economy.
Vietnam, Japan to maintain strategic ties after Abe
The outgoing Japanese PM leaves a legacy of strong Tokyo-Hanoi relations
Covid-19 halts three-decade economic boom in Vietnam
For the past three decades, Vietnam has known only good – or great – economic news. Its growth as an exporter, propelled by communist leaders who embraced market-oriented policies in the late 1980s, pushed many into the middle class. The…
HCMC aims to become world financial hub
Chairman Nguyen Thanh Phong has proposed that HCMC be turned into a world financial hub, using its infrastructure, economic growth and investment environment.
Vietnam suffers most phishing attacks on small businesses in Southeast Asia
Vietnam led Southeast Asia in the number of phishing attacks targeting small enterprises in the first half of this year.
Vietnam primed for revival
Vietnam is now racing to control a new coronavirus outbreak, which resurfaced late last month after three months of no domestic cases. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said last Wednesday that the next 10 days would be « critical » in a…
Vietnam privatisation plans further behind schedule due to pandemic
Vietnam’s plan to privatise scores of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) has fallen further behind schedule amid the pandemic, with only 37 companies divested so far out of a target of 128 in the 2017-2020 period, the Ministry of Finance said.
Vietnam speeds up big projects to heal economy from pandemic
Newly approved $9bn resort had been waiting for approval for years