features
The Features category includes in-depth analyses, expert opinions, and long-form reports on key industries, policies, and market developments. It explores trends, challenges, and opportunities across various sectors, providing comprehensive insights for professionals, businesses, and policymakers.
Vietnam’s Airlines’ Unique Vulnerabilities Amid Rising Jet Fuel Prices
Unlike larger regional competitors with stronger balance sheets and greater pricing flexibility, Vietnam’s airlines are entering the latest fuel shock carrying heavy debt loads, operating under domestic airfare caps, and facing tighter funding conditions.
Vietnam Energy Imports See Kuwaiti Crude Zero-out, LPG and Coal Tick Up, April 2026
Vietnam’s General Department of Customs has released its April data showing a significant jump in energy import values. Import volumes were mixed, however, with coal increasing while crude oil, gasoline and diesel declined
Vietnam Inflation Well Above Target In April: What Happens Next?
Inflation in Vietnam hit 5.46 percent in April, well above the Government of Vietnam’s target of 4.5 percent. Elsewhere, this might be seen as a sign to take evasive action through interest rate policy, but in Vietnam monetary policy dynamics are markedly different.
Vietnam’s Tourism Industry Takes Fuel Crisis Hit to International Arrivals, Resort Construction
Few industries in Vietnam are feeling the impact of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz more than tourism, with higher fuel prices leading to a decline in international arrivals and delaying new resort and hotel projects due to fuel shortages and higher construction costs.
Vietnam Stock Market Outlook May 2026: Energy Down, Vingroup Up
April saw Vietnam’s energy stocks fall sharply even as global oil prices surged, as government fuel price caps prevented companies from passing on rising costs.
Vietnam’s USTR “Priority Foreign Country” Designation: Unpacked
The USTR has tagged Vietnam as a “Priority Foreign Country” in its latest Special 301 Report. Here’s what it says about why it made the decision.
Vingroup’s Q1 2026 Financial Performance in 5 Graphs
Vietnam’s largest conglomerate by market capitalisation, Vingroup, released its Q1 2026 Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements last week. These five charts give an at-a-glance overview of what those statements show.
Can Vietnam Afford Nuclear Power From Russia? Can Russia?
Toward the end of March it was announced that Russia and Vietnam had signed a cooperation agreement to develop Vietnam’s first commercial nuclear reactor. But sanctions raise financing, payments, logistics, timeline and political-risk questions, that as yet remain unanswered.
Vietnamese Coffee and the Iran War: Prices Down, Input Costs Up
Vietnamese coffee prices have been sliding for months now, down roughly 40 percent since April last year. For traders and farmers holding on to their beans in the hopes of higher prices, their woes are now being compounded by input costs driven higher by the war in Iran.
Vietnam Economic Growth Outlook April 2026: External Factors vs Government Targets
The World Bank (WB), in its April Economic Outlook, said it expects Vietnam’s GDP growth to reach 6.3 percent this year. This stands in stark contrast to the government’s 10 percent growth target. So, why is the view from outside so different from that from within?
Vietnam Inflation Outlook April 2026: Fuel Crisis Impacts Begin to Show
Vietnam’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) climbed from 3.35 percent year-on-year in February to 4.65 percent in March. Here’s how it happened and where it might be headed, with inputs from Michael Kokalari, Chief Economist at VinaCapital, and Vicente Nguyen, Chief Investment Officer at Asia Frontier Capital.
Vietnam Stock Market April 2026: Iran War Impacts, Risks, and Outlook
This is a brief rundown on how the market has been performing / what’s expected from the market moving forward. With comments from VinaCapital Chief Economist Michael Kokalari and Host of Ho Chi Minh City Securities Emerging Asia podcast, Hugo Bosch.
Tackling Energy Efficiency in Vietnam: Key Challenges in 2026
In response to the fuel supply challenges created by the war in Iran, the Government of Vietnam is looking to accelerate the country’s energy transition. But this isn’t the first time, with several key roadblocks to greater energy efficiency proving difficult to overcome.
The Latest US Section 301 Probes and What They Mean for Vietnam
The United States has launched two Section 301 investigations targeting forced labour enforcement and excess capacity. This places Vietnam at risk of new tariffs on key exports.
Can Vietnam’s Biofuel Mandate Deliver Energy Security?
As part of ambitious clean energy transition and energy security goals, from June 1, petrol will need to contain a minimum of 5 percent ethanol. This may, however, not be the boon biofuels firms are hoping for.
VinFast’s 2025 Financial Performance: Key Takeaways
As a cornerstone of Vingroup’s ecosystem, which spans multiple industries across Vietnam and employs thousands, VinFast’s performance carries wide-reaching implications. Here’s what that looked like at the end of 2025.
The Calm Before the Storm: Vietnam’s Economy in February 2026
The National Statistics Office (NSO) has released its February data, with Vietnam’s economy performing generally as expected. However, this data has been made all the more important by the conflict in Iran that began on February 28.
AMRO’s Vietnam Infrastructure Report March 2026: Key Takeaways
The ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office published an analytical note on March 4 looking at Vietnam’s infrastructure needs and ambitions. Here are the key takeaways.
Vietnam’s Law on Artificial Intelligence: Key Details and Limitations
It’s been widely reported that Vietnam’s Law on Artificial Intelligence came into force on March 1st. Here are the key components of the law and what it still needs to be practically effective.
Vietnam’s Persian Gulf Trade Exposure 2026: Unpacked
With the conflict in the Middle East raging, trade disruptions are inevitable, particularly for goods traversing the Strait of Hormuz. Here’s what that trade looks like for Vietnam.
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