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Gambling in Vietnam is illegal but that doesn’t stop a sizable amount of betting occurring. This tends to peak around major sporting events. Recognising that this might be a problem, or perhaps that Vietnam is missing out on millions of dollars worth of tax revenue, there have been recent moves to try to legalise the practice. In this light, this cheat sheet runs through how gambling works in Vietnam, who can gamble, and the key regulations governing gambling that is already permitted…
Vietnam’s electric vehicle market holds promise for foreign car manufacturers. Of note, electric car buyers are eligible for incentives such as exemption from registration fees for the first three years and a 50 percent fee reduction for the subsequent two years, per Decree 10/2022/NĐ-CP. Nevertheless, foreign car manufacturing firms may encounter challenges related to EV charging infrastructure and electricity supply shortages in Vietnam. These hurdles could potentially hamper manufacturers in expanding their market presence and sales…
Of note, at the end of June last year, credit growth was sitting at about 4.73 percent. It also failed to climb much higher for most of the rest of the year until November when banks started to push consumer credit through aggressive marketing campaigns–credit growth jumped, as a result, from 7.41 percent at the end of October to 13.5 percent by the end of the year…
Whereas the report says this is being driven by a search for greater opportunities, it should be noted that there are also push-factors driving migration abroad for wealthy Vietnamese. Prosecution of corrupt officials and business persons, whether legitimate or not, have become more common in the last couple of years. Wealthy Vietnamese that may be wealthy because they have acted in a not entirely above board way, could be looking for somewhere to flee should they find themselves in the crosshairs…
In the current economic climate, with deposit interest rates at historic lows, the local gold price much higher than the world gold price, and US dollars prices cresting all-time highs against the local currency, the need for a diversification of investment vehicles for Vietnamese consumers is becoming increasingly clear. Furthermore, Vietnam’s real estate market has been struggling to access capital on the back of a myriad of challenges the industry has faced in the past two years or so. In this context, this real estate crowdfunding program had a lot of potential…
This net selling momentum hasn’t been limited to Fubon. Foreign investors in general have been net sellers in the Vietnamese market, of late. From the beginning of 2024 until June 17, foreign investors hadhave net sold US$1.7 billion worth of Vietnamese securities listed on HoSE…
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