Slow settlement of bad debt will affect economic growth, so the State budget should be used to step up the settlement of bad debt, said Nguyen Xuan Thanh, director of the Fulbright Economics Teaching Program, at a conference in HCMC. SEE MORE There is an increasing risk that Viet Nam's public debt will exceed a national red line, the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) said in its latest report. SEE MORE The industrial base in Europe will look completely different by 2050 if the EU is to meet the Paris climate change targets and the chemical industry, together with public investment, will be a key sector to fulfil those targets, the director general (DG) at the European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) said this week. SEE MORE The National Financial Supervisory Committee has said that in the year-to-date the financial system has ensured that money supply is adequate thanks to the banking sector’s plentiful liquidity. SEE MORE Gold rose early on Wednesday to a fresh two-and-a-half-week high after gaining nearly two per cent in the previous session, as disappointing US economic data reinforced expectations that the US Federal Reserve will keep rates on hold in September. SEE MORE