The Vietnamese economy continued its strong performance in the first half of 2018, although external and domestic challenges could affect the country’s growth outlook for this year and next year, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said in a new report. SEE MORE Việt Nam’s finance and banking sector has reduced its ratio of non-performing loans (NPLs) – including both NPLs owned by credit institutions and the Việt Nam Asset Management Company – from 17.2 per cent in 2012 to 6.7 per cent at the end of June 2018. SEE MORE All 12 socioeconomic targets for the year assigned by the National Assembly are expected to be achieved, said an official from the Ministry of Planning and Investment at a teleconference today, September 24. SEE MORE The Vietnamese economy is expected to expand by 6.7% in 2018, according to an estimate by the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI). SEE MORE This would result in a state budget deficit of VND222 trillion (US$9.53 billion), or 3.6% of GDP, VnEconomy reported. SEE MORE