Investors may be expecting a U.S. interest rate increase in December, but Federal Reserve policymakers remain divided over whether the economy is mired in a rut, strong enough to withstand an immediate hike or hovering somewhere in between. SEE MORE Vietnam's gross domestic product (GDP) is forecast to grow by 5.93 percent year-on-year in the first nine months of 2016, said the General Statistics Office (GSO) on Thursday. SEE MORE Fake and substandard fertilizers are alarmingly rampant in Viet Nam, experts said at a conference yesterday. SEE MORE China's economy was less healthy in the third quarter than a recent spate of upbeat data suggest, with growth coming exclusively from manufacturing and property while the services and retail sectors faltered, a private survey showed. SEE MORE The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has slashed the global trade growth estimate to 1.7% in 2016, which is the slowest since the 2009 financial crisis gripped the world. The current forecast is below the April forecast of 2.8%. SEE MORE