• Are the next 5-year economic goals attainable?

      17/05/2016
    The difficulties Vietnam has to face in the next five years will increase as ODA loans will be cut by 50 percent, while new loans will bear an interest rate of 3 percent.  
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  • Dollar interest rate policy distorts market

      13/05/2016
    The zero rate policy of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) for dollar deposits by enterprises and individuals has made banks’ operations less transparent and distorted the currency market, a lecturer at the Fulbright Economics Teaching Program said.  
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  • Vietnam’s outlook rating remains stable

      09/05/2016
    The Ministry of Finance has announced that the rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) on April 29 gave Vietnam a crediting rating of BB-/B and a stable outlook, unchanged from the ratings announced in March 2015.  
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  • Economy dogged by multiple woes

      09/05/2016
    Vietnam’s economy is coping with a slew of woeful challenges this year as fresh problems have arisen, said a Ministry of Planning and Investment report sent to the May 4-5 cabinet meeting in Hanoi.  
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  • Vietnam raises minimum wage for public sector, first time in 3 years

      06/05/2016
    Civil servants and public employees, including teachers and doctors, will have the first raise in three years this month when the basic wage level used to calculate their income sees a 5-percent bump.  
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