VN Express is carrying coverage of a government report on outcomes from the EVFTA, that has found an increase in Vietnam’s trade surplus with the bloc of 35 percent over 2021. It does, however, also point out that the bulk of that trade is being driven by European firms rather

Business confidence among Eurocham BCI survey respondents up

the-shiv October 10, 2023

Eurocham has released its Business Confidence Index survey results from Q3 and it is showing a marginal improvement, arresting a steady decline since the start of the year, The Investor is reporting. The index recorded 45.1 points in Q3 up from 43.5 in Q2. Full report: Eurocham Business Confidence Index

Crunch-time approaching for Vietnam’s stock market status upgrade goal

the-shiv October 10, 2023

The Investor is carrying an op-ed by Can Van Luc, chief economist at Hanoi-based BIDV bank, in which he points out that time is running out to make the reforms necessary to see the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange (HoSE) upgrade to an ‘emerging market’ before 2025, the time

VN-Index inches up, closes out Monday at 1,137.36 points

the-shiv October 10, 2023

The outbreak of violence in the Middle East has pushed global oil prices up and that’s seen oil and gas stocks on the Ho Chi Ming City Stock Exchange receive a boost, VN Express is reporting. That said, foreign investors largely withdrew from the market yesterday, pulling just over US$29