March 12, 2024
Vietnam C.bank starts issuing T-bills to reduce pressure on dong
The State Bank of Vietnam issued VND 14.999 trillion or US$609 million yesterday in a renewed attempt to halt the devaluation of the local currency, The Investor is reporting. Key takeaways: Overnight loans account for 90 percent of transactions and were attracting an interest rate of 1.17 percent on March
Vietnam’s Stock Market Upgrade Opportunity: Unpacked
Over the course of 2023, foreign investors exited their positions in the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange–or the HoSE–to the tune of more than US$1 billion. This mass exodus could have been for any number of reasons: demand in key export markets was faltering, several financial crimes had been
This opinion piece in support of redesignating Vietnam a market economy
John Borton, a non-resident senior fellow at Johns Hopkins/SAIS Foreign Policy Institute, has written an opinion piece for the Geopolitical Monitor in which he argues for making Vietnam a market economy. Borton argues that: There would be bilateral benefits in market access and export opportunities; Other countries have already done
The data in this article about Vietnam’s electric vehicle market
Cleantechnica is running an article about Vietnam’s electric vehicle market in which they use data from the International Trade Association that suggests that the car ownership rate in Vietnam will reach 30 percent by 2030 up from 5.7 percent in 2020. The original report also says that rate will be
In today’s Vietnam news: Gold below world price, Gold bar liquidity issues, Bank bond interest rates easing, SME loan access, New data storage fines,
In today’s Vietnam news: Novaland outstanding bond debts, Misleading advertising fine water purifiers, Honda EV 2W sales jump, Entry-level jobs shrinking, Hanoi rooftop solar
In today’s Vietnam news: AstraZeneca VN business change, Stock market upgrade inflows estimate Vietcap, Can Tho airport low passenger numbers concerns, VN stocks joining
This is an interview with Chris Walker, a Vietnam Sourcing Expert with Vietnam Factory Tours how rising oil prices and the Middle East crisis are
This is an interview with John Gardner, CEO and Founding Partner, at Optimum Hospitality in Ho Chi Minh City. It covers fuel price impacts on:
This is an interview with Dr Nuno F. Ribeiro, Associate Professor, International Tourism & Hospitality Management at Copenhagen Business College, formerly of RMIT Vietnam. It