HA NOI — Viet Nam's currency, the dong, has strengthened against the US dollar this week after the central bank's recent regulations on tightening foreign currency transactions. SEE MORE The National Financial Supervisory Commission has forecast that Vietnam’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will reach a year on year growth rate of 6.5 percent, core inflation will remain stable at 2.4 percent and inflation rate will reduce to below 2 percent. SEE MORE The slower pace of consumer price index (CPI) rises is favourable for stable business activities and gross domestic product (GDP) growth in 2015, said General Director of the General Statistics Office (GSO) Nguyen Bich Lam. SEE MORE The Ministry of Industry and Trade has turned down a proposal of State-run energy firms to increase electricity tariffs to offset their losses caused by the recent fall of the Vietnam dong against the U.S. dollar. SEE MORE The National Financial Supervisory Commission (NFSC) reduced its forecast of inflation to below 2 % while forecasting gross domestic product (GDP) growth at 6.5 % for 2015. SEE MORE
