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Day: September 6, 2023

Demand needs to be addressed in VN’s economic recovery, too

Loosening monetary policy in Vietnam will only work if flagging demand is addressed too according to Binh Duy Le, Director of Economica Vietnam, and reported by VN Economy. In recent weeks, Vietnam’s economic focus has been on increasing exports and reducing business costs through interest rate and fee cuts. Le,

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Calls for US-Vietnam free trade agreement

Business Forum Magazine is carrying comments from economist David Dapice, who’s calling for a free trade deal between the US and Vietnam. Notably, the US was slated to be a member of the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement of which Vietnam is a part, but the world’s biggest economy pulled out under

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Virtual banking data from Visa somewhat questionable

Doanh Nhan Online is carrying an article about a Visa report from May this year (found here) in which 90 percent of Vietnamese consumers express an interest in virtual banking services. Something to think about: The report also mentions that 76 percent of consumers in Vietnam had gone cashless for

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