Viet Nam could face numerous difficulties in reaching its export value target for this year because of low growth in total exports for the first four months, experts said. SEE MORE The retail prices of RON 92 petrol and E5 bio-fuel increased by VND243 and VND239 per litre, respectively, from 3:00pm on May 20. SEE MORE 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. SEE MORE 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. SEE MORE 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. SEE MORE