US-China Trade Dispute Hightlights Needs for Bold Reforms
Diep Nguyen The report warns that downside risks to the region’s growth prospects have intensified. Prolonged trade tensions between China and the United...
East Asia and Pacific: Growth Slows as Trade Tensions and Global Uncertainties Intensify
Diep Nguyen Weakening global demand, including from China, and heightened uncertainty around ongoing US-China trade tensions has led to a decline in...
Fitch Believes Nutifood Will Raise Sufficient Funds to Refinance Debts in the Coming 12 months
Diep Nguyen Nutifood's rating reflects its strong position in Vietnam's nutritional dairy products and dairy-based beverages market, ranking as the...
HDBank Gains Basel II Compliance Ahead of Schedule
Diep Nguyen The HCM City Development Joint Stock Commercial Bank has received approval from the State Bank of Vietnam to adopt Basel II...
ADB: Asian Bond Market Thrives Despite US – China Trade Tensions
Diep Nguyen Despite the risks, foreign investment in emerging East Asia’s bond markets remained stable in the second quarter.
HSBC Vietnam Appoints New Chief Executive Officer
Diep Nguyen HSBC Bank (Vietnam) Ltd. (HSBC Vietnam)has appointed Tim Evans as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Mr. Evans replacesPham Hong Hai...
World Bank, UNICEF Call for Solid Steps to Address Child Undernutrition in Vietnam
Diep Nguyen Child undernutrition remains a significant development challenge in Vietnam, representing a staggering yet avoidable loss to the nation’s human capital...
Fitch Assigns Vietnam Oil and Gas Group First-Time 'BB' Rating; Outlook Positive
Diep Nguyen Fitch Ratings has assigned Vietnam Oil and Gas Group's (PVN) first-time Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'BB' with...
SBV Cut Certain Rates
Diep Nguyen In order to contribute to managing inflation, stabilizing macro economy, and supporting for business and economic growth, Governor of the State Bank of...
Fitch Harshly Downgrades China and Eurozone GDP Growth Forecasts in the Next 18 Months
Diep Nguyen China's growth rate is now expected to fall to 6.1% in 2019 and 5.7% in 2020, down from 6.2% and 6.0...
Netland Awarded “Emerging Developer of the Year” at Japan International Property Awards 2019
Diep Nguyen This award fully recognizes Netland’s efforts through the real estate development strategies, aiming at meeting the customers’ demands and in...
Minister of Planning and Investment Pointed out Weaknesses of Central Provinces’ Economies
Diep Nguyen Firstly, the economic scale of the central provinces as a whole is still very limited. In the 14 central provinces, there...
Central Provinces Have Made Remarkable Achievements in the Past 30 Years, Minister Said
Diep Nguyen The provincical competitive index (PCI) and the public administrative index (PAI) continously improve in the country-wide assessment. In 2018, there...
It May Take Years for Vietnam to Become Regional Production Hub
Diep Nguyen Many companies so far have relied on Chinese supply chain with many suppliers for different segments of production. But even up to...
Vietnam’s Economy Remains Resilient to Rising Trade Tensions and Heightened Risks
Diep Nguyen Sound fundamentals, the authorities’ commitment to macroeconomic stability and positive reform momentum are contributing to broad based, private sector-led and...
Hanoi in the 1990s through the Lens of one Japanese
Diep Nguyen My first impression of Hanoi was dark, because of weather and buildings which was not maintained, but people’s smiling faces were warm...
Ongoing Drought Holds Risks to Disrupt Agricultural Production in Many Provinces
Diep Nguyen Headline inflation in July slightly edged up to 2.4% y-o-y from 2.2% in June. This marks the second...
Caution Needed When Vietnam Pursues Development Through Infrastructure Spending
Diep Nguyen Although official development assistance (ODA) with low interest and long repayment periods from bilateral donors is still available, Vietnam must, nonetheless,...
Vietnam Surged to be Among Top Three Innovators in South East Asia
Diep Nguyen Vietnam has outperformed better than many other regional South East Asian countries on the global scale, ahead of Thailand (43rd), the Philippines (54th), Indonesia ...
Vietnam Gains Achievements in Fiscal Achivement and Public Investment Management
Diep Nguyen Fiscal reporting and procurement systems must be strengthened, especially competitive bidding and e-procurement as suggested in the PIMA. Efforts to...
