The Government will keep economic and financial policies stable this year, including the environment protection tax on fuels, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc was cited as saying by the Government news website on August 1. SEE MORE Though credit growth has declined recently, Việt Nam’s GDP has continued to rise in the past one and a half years thanks to the improvement of credit quality and the contribution of foreign direct investment (FDI) firms. SEE MORE The non-performing loan (NPL) ratio at Việt Nam’s credit institutions has dropped from 3.61 per cent in 2013 to 2.18 per cent currently, according to the Việt Nam Asset Management Company (VAMC). SEE MORE In the context of pressure on inflation and exchange rate, macroeconomic stabilization must be the top priority, experts say. SEE MORE Vietnam’s central bank has to engage in a delicate balancing act as the US-China trade war exerts inflationary pressures on the dong. SEE MORE