Non-performing loans (NPLs) of the banking system by the end of 2016 is estimated to inch down to 2.8 per cent from 2.9 per cent in 2015, according to the National Financial Supervisory Committee. SEE MORE The Government would meet the target of keeping inflation at less than 5% in 2016, Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue told a meeting of the Steering Committee for Price Management last week. SEE MORE Experts debated last week whether the Law on Mineral Resources (LoMR) should be amended, with some arguing that several of its articles are unrealistic. SEE MORE Decision 1938/QĐ-NHNN, issued by the State bank of Việt Nam in 2015, cut the ceiling on interest banks paid on dollar deposits by organisations and companies from 0.25 per cent to zero, and by individuals, from 0.75 per cent to 0.25 per cent. SEE MORE Economists say that 2017 is expected to be an auspicious year for Vietnam’s economy, with few signs of uncertainties. SEE MORE