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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: 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…
Vietnam News Roundup: February 28 to March 6
This week’s Vietnam news roundup covers an extension to Vietnam’s electric car registration fee exemption, February’s Purchasing Managers’ Index, a possible crypto exchange for Vietnam, the latest State Bank open market operations, and more…
Vietnam News Roundup: February 21 to February 27
This week’s Vietnam news roundup covers the latest State Bank open market operations, a new dog racing track for Lam Dong, calls for a 7 percent minimum wage hike, and more…
Vietnam News Roundup: February 13 to February 20
This week’s Vietnam news roundup covers the latest State Bank open market operations, African Swine Fever outbreaks, Samsung Vietnam’s latest financial data, foreign investor securities holdings, and more…
Vietnam News Roundup: February 6 to February 13
This week’s Vietnam news roundup covers the latest State Bank open market operations, US trade policy changes, car sales, the latest import and export data, and more…
Vietnam News Roundup: January 31 to February 6
This week’s Vietnam news roundup covers the latest State Bank open market operations, the forthcoming end to free registration of EVs, the oversupply of cement, FDI figures, and more…
Vietnam News Roundup: January 17 to January 23
This week’s Vietnam news roundup covers the latest State Bank open market operations, Novaland’s latest delayed bond payment, pushback on compulsory motorbike insurance, and more…
In today’s Vietnam news: Fuel price changes, Removing export barriers to reduce trade deficit, Land valuation changes, Carbon market challenges, Adidas possible kit supplier
In today’s Vietnam news: ESL provider possible sale, Waste-to-energy project breaks ground, Driver shortages?, Drugs stores fined, Bad debts rising, Securities firm fined, Industrial
In today’s Vietnam news: Oil and gas stocks rally, Business closures HCMC, New SK bank enters market, Business dissolution reform, Google Pixel China to
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