Services & Trade
This category includes the service sector, retail, logistics, finance, e-commerce, and tourism, alongside trade policy and investment trends. It covers import/export dynamics, banking regulations, stock market movements, and infrastructure development. With increasing integration into regional and global trade, this section provides insights into consumer behavior, foreign investment, and evolving service industries.
Vietnam state media confirms T-bills issued to support local currency
If there was any doubt as to why the State Bank of Vietnam has been issuing treasury bills, this article in state media outlet Vietnam News should clear it up. “The SBV has also been making its own moves to address the rising exchange rate including the recent issuance of
Mixed views on whether State Bank of Vietnam will cut interest rates again this year
Doanh Nhan Vietnam has compiled a range of views on whether or not the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) will or even can reduce interest rates before the end of the year. Speculation is varied with UOB and MB Securities predicting further cuts and Rong Viet Securities, Maybank Securities, and
Vietnam’s real estate woes could continue into 2024
Economist Le Xuan Nghia, has predicted that the real estate market turmoil in Vietnam may continue into the third quarter of next year, The Investor is reporting. The article goes on to say that prices are rising because of low-supply which is a result of challenges accessing capital for real
More on the US$411 million of treasury bonds issued last week
The Investor is carrying an article with interviews with several economists regarding the US$411 million treasury bond issuance last week. Can Van Luc, chief economist at state-controlled bank BIDV, said it was normal to keep interbank interest rates at appropriate levels. Le Xuan Nghia, a member of the National Financial
Interest rates on real estate bonds climb on weak consumer sentiment
The average interest rate on real estate bonds last year was 9.76 percent but this has climbed to 13.16 percent as real estate firms struggle to raise capital, according to Tuoi Tre is reporting. Quang Khanh Tran, the general director of Viet An Hoa Real Estate Investment, told the publication
Vietnam treasury bills raise relieve pressure on VND
The State Bank of Vietnam has announced that it issued treasury bills to the value of VND 10 trillion (US$411 million) yesterday, The Investor is reporting. The online publication says this is ‘related to exchange rate developments in recent days.’ Pressure has been mounting on the dong in recent months
Malaysian real estate firm enters Vietnam market with HCMC land purchase
Malaysia’s Skyworld Development is set to invest US$14.15 million in land in HCMC on which it intends to build an apartment building, the New Straight Times is reporting. Context: The real estate sector has found itself almost frozen after several high-profile arrests related to bond issuances. The economy is also
VPS sees the real estate market recovering in the second half of 2023
The real estate market in Vietnam will only start to properly recover when lending interest rates drop another 2-3 percent, according to VPBank Securities Company (VPS) as reported by Business Forum Magazine. The magazine goes on to quote VPS as saying the challenges facing the real estate market will ease
‘Not very positive’ Vietnam Association of Real Estate Brokers report released
The Vietnam Association of Real Estate Brokers has released a report on the current state of Vietnam’s real estate market that The Leader has dubbed ‘not very positive’. The report (download here) takes the view that measures to alleviate pressure on the sector have done little to help.
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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