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 The Việt Nam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR) has suggested devaluing the Vietnamese đồng against the US dollar but at a slower rate than the depreciation of China’s yuan against the greenback. SEE MORE Vietnam splashed out US$790 million to import 2.43 million tonnes of fertiliser in the first half of this year, a year-on-year increase of 21.8% in value and 1.2% in volume. SEE MORE