Vietnam is targeting keeping public debt, comprising central government debt, government-backed loans, and local government debt, below 65 percent of GDP between 2016 and 2018. SEE MORE On April 11 the State Bank of Việt Nam decided to increase the rate of the US dollar it buys from credit institutions by VNĐ100 to VNĐ22,675. SEE MORE In its latest report on Vietnam economic outlook, HSBC believes the low GDP growth during the first quarter of this year is only a minor setback and that the manufacturing sector has the potential to lift growth in the coming quarters. SEE MORE Vietnam will have to reduce its budget deficit in an “ambitious” way to stabilize the economy, says the Asia Development Outlook (ADO 2017) report released in Hanoi on April 10 by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). SEE MORE Vietnam’s retail petrol price is lower than neighboring countries and many ASEAN nations, said head of Tax Policy Department Pham Dinh Thi yesterday referring to a proposal to increase environmental protection tax rate. SEE MORE