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Vietnam and the Middle Income Trap: Unpacked
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Rethinking Financing Vietnam’s Clean Energy Transition
Vietnam’s New Social Media ID Regulations: Unpacked
How Well Prepared Is Vietnam for a Trump Presidency?
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Media Relations in Vietnam: Lessons from VinFast
It’s Time to Talk About Vietnam’s Credit Growth Policy…
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Day: April 18, 2024
Vietnam’s GDP projected to reach 5.8 percent this year: IMF
The International Monetary Fund has released its World Economic Outlook April 2024 which estimates Vietnam’s GDP growth for this year to be 5.8 percent. The IMF also bumped Vietnam up from its Low-Income Developing Countries group and added it to its Emerging Market and Middle-Income Economies group.
Gold auctions in Vietnam to reduce exchange rate pressure?
There is this emerging argument that the pressure on the exchange rate is partly caused by gold smuggling, for example, this article from Doanh Nhan Vietnam. The theory is that people are buying up US dollars to buy gold overseas and then smuggling it in. That may be the case,
EVN reluctant to sign on to long-term LNG power purchase agreements
EVN has made a power purchase agreement with a new LNG power plant set to come online in the near future, however, EVN has been reluctant to commit to a consumption volume. The issue was the consumption rate, VN Express is reporting. The project operators wanted EVN to commit to
The State Bank is both buying and selling treasuries at the same time
On Wednesday the State Bank of Vietnam both bought VND 5,671.97 worth of treasuries from five local banks and sold another VND 5,500 billion to five Vietnamese banks. It’s not clear what the thinking is behind this but as far as keeping the exchange rate where it is, these two
Vietnam EV maker North Carolina factory delayed
Vinfast’s planned North Carolina factory has been delayed pending approval of plans for a much smaller factory, The News Observer is reporting. The car marker has not been as successful as it had hoped, hence the smaller factory. It has, however, continued to maintain that the factory will be online
Vietnam’s Vinfast first quarter results show little improvement
Vietnam’s Vinfast has continued to haemorrhage money, reporting a loss in the first quarter of 2024 of US$618.3 million, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Key takeaways It delivered 9,689 EVs; This was down from 13,513 in the fourth quarter of 2024; with 50 percent