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These Vietnam news roundups are short and sharp summaries of the latest Vietnam news. They cover Vietnam’s economy, banking and finance, and regulatory and legal developments, as well as investment announcements, stock market news, updates on the country’s manufacturing sector and so much more.
Vietnam News Roundup: July 18 to July 24
This week’s Vietnam News Roundup covers the dong’s continued slide, diverging growth forecasts from ADB and AMRO, a global release for a Vietnam–Thailand horror film, visa reform for foreign talent, HCMC’s housing shortfall, and warnings over Trump tariffs on exports.
Vietnam News Roundup: July 11 to July 17
This week’s Vietnam news roundup covers ASF concealment by pig farmers, motorbike sales trends, airline reform calls, credit red flags, dong weakness, questions around Trump’s tariff deal and more.
Vietnam News Roundup: July 3 to July 10
This week’s Vietnam news roundup covers farm export risks from US tariffs, a weaker dong, surging corporate bonds, Q2 GDP growth, power sources in June, dairy and meat non-tariff barriers, dumping tariffs on Chinese steel, and more….
Vietnam News Roundup: June 27 to July 3
This week’s Vietnam news roundup covers Trump’s Vietnam tariff deal, crypto regulation changes, Skoda’s local assembly, strong credit growth, dong weakness, The Venti’s debut, proposed wage hikes, new insurance rules, PMI decline, and major moves in real estate and stocks.
Vietnam News Roundup: June 20 to June 26
This week’s Vietnam news roundup covers dong depreciation, IMF and Fitch reform calls, bond market risks, F&B revenue decline, US tariff responses, foreign investor trading, CRC’s retail expansion, shifts in the tourism and pharma sectors, and more…
Vietnam News Roundup: June 13 to June 19
This week’s Vietnam news roundup covers Vietnam’s new BRICS partnership, updates to its emissions trading scheme, a major LNG power project, moves to tax soft drinks and tighten e-commerce tax collection, as well as corporate bond issuances, foreign stock trading activity, key outcomes from the crackdown on counterfeit goods, and more…
Vietnam News Roundup: June 6 to June 12
This week’s Vietnam news roundup explores a US$1.5 billion aviation finance deal, fresh concerns over currency manipulation, APAX’s social insurance debts, possible energy shortages, VinFast’s widening losses, AEON’s finance fallout, carbon market reforms, and more….
Vietnam News Roundup: May 30 to June 5
This week’s Vietnam news roundup covers the Trump Tower in Ho Chi Minh City, the dong’s continued slide even, the Saigon Square raid on counterfeit goods, trade tensions with the US, moves to speed up foreign work permits, and more…
Vietnam News Roundup: May 23 to May 29
This week’s Vietnam news roundup covers Telegram’s looming ban, rising foreign concerns over retroactive solar subsidy cuts, and the global rollout of hit horror film Detective Kien. Plus: a gold market shake-up, new JETP funding, the US$10B worth of deals reached during Macron’s Vietnam visit, and more…
Vietnam News Roundup: May 16 to May 22
This week’s Vietnam News Roundup covers the approval of a new airline amid ongoing turbulence in the aviation sector, fresh funding for consumer finance firm F88, State Treasury deposits at SOEs raise questions about private sector parity, and more…
Vietnam News Roundup: May 9 to May 15
This week’s Vietnam news roundup covers growing pressure on U.S. footwear tariffs and Vietnam’s lobbying response, a rebound in the corporate bond market, rising power prices, renewed scrutiny of gaming regulations, Hilton’s expansion plans, a proposed VAT cut extension, and more…
Vietnam News Roundup: May 2 to May 8
This week’s Vietnam news roundup covers CPI and trade data, SBV operations, credit growth, LNG tariffs, gold demand, a PMI drop, sanctions risk, the KRX system launch as well as foreign trader activity, tourism data, and more…
Vietnam News Roundup: April 25 to May 1
This week’s Vietnam news roundup covers Vietnam’s response to the proposed 46 percent US tariff, VinFast’s latest earnings, World Bank forecasts, SBV market activity, and more.
Vietnam News Roundup: April 18 to April 24
This week’s Vietnam news roundup covers the latest: updates in the FW Aviation vs VietJet UK court case, rising bad debt data, a new factory for Nestle, skyrocketing gold prices, State Bank open market operations, and more…
Vietnam News Roundup: April 11 to April 17
This week’s Vietnam news roundup covers the latest: EU trade remedies against Vietnamese steel, how industry is responding to the Trump Tariff turmoil, car sales data, electricity output, foreign trader activity, State Bank open market operations, and more…
Vietnam News Roundup: April 4 to April 10
This week’s Vietnam news roundup covers the latest: responses to US tariffs, State Bank open market operations, GDP and CPI numbers from the first quarter of 2025, the increase in the average income, and more…
Vietnam News Roundup: March 28 to April 3
This week’s Vietnam news roundup covers US tariffs, electricity efficiency, shared EV charging station technology policy, Novaland’s latest audit, and more…
Vietnam News Roundup: March 21 to March 27
This week’s Vietnam news roundup covers a possible reduction to MFN tariffs, Starlink satellite services pilot run approval, increased foreign ownership limits for some banks, the latest State Bank open market operations, and more…
Vietnam News Roundup: March 14 to March 20
This week’s Vietnam news roundup covers the latest ADB investment in Vietnam’s private education sector, developments with respect to the Trump golf course slated for Hung Yen, the closure of RFA and VOA and the impact on Vietnam, the latest State Bank open market operations, and more…
Vietnam News Roundup: March 7 to March 13
This week’s Vietnam news roundup covers the latest World Bank Taking Stock Report, corporate bond issuances for February, the US withdrawal from Vietnam’s JETP agreement, the latest State Bank open market operations, and more…
In today’s Vietnam news: State to buy some commercial housing projects, Apartment ownership term limits, Bamboo Airways struggles, New vice chairman FLC aviation, Free
In today’s Vietnam news: Vietnam Airlines Q2 results, Stadium renamed, More details airport investigation, Overnight interest rates, Petrol price revisions, Domestic steel price increase,
In today’s Vietnam news: Fuel supply status, Critical minerals industry commentary, Sotheby’s opens HCMC office, US international school market entry, China response US customs
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
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This is an interview with Dr Nuno F. Ribeiro, Associate Professor, International Tourism & Hospitality Management at Copenhagen Business College, formerly of RMIT Vietnam. It