Vietnam sees improvements in banking sector reforms on sustainable lending, Sustainable Banking Network report finds.

 As the flow of foreign capital is growing rapidly while domestic enterprises are continuously expanding their production scales, the potential of industrial real estate in Vietnam is becoming tremendous. 

The story of FDI in Vietnam is largely one of peaks and troughs and now that foreign investment is generally stable there are certain changes required.

Experts are concerned about the trend of Vietnamese businesspeople seeking second citizenship in other countries.

 Albeit not being listed among the top 10 largest exporters to the US, the Vietnamese steel industry may still suffer once the US applies new safeguard tariffs.

 Authorities in the central highlands province of Kon Tum has issued fines of VND500m (USD22,400) to a group of eight illegal gold miners.

 Two more Vietnamese billionaires have been named in Forbes magazine's recently released 2018 list of world's richest people, raising the country’s total number of billionaires to four on the list.

 Viet Nam has been the second-largest partner of Japan in software and service outsourcing since 2014, FPT Software CEO Hoang Nam Tien spoke at the recent Viet Nam IT Day 2018 in Japan.

 The asset quality and profitability of 14 Vietnamese banks rated by Moody’s improved moderately year-over-year, driven by robust macroeconomic conditions and growth in core income, Moody’s Investors Service said on Tuesday.

Facing a large amount of outstanding late payments in the taxation and customs branches, the Ministry of Finance is working on a draft resolution on handling tax arrears and irrecoverable fines to submit to the National Assembly.

 Vietnam Steel Association (VSA) is co-ordinating with relevant agencies to take timely measures and minimise the risks of a new proposal of the United States on import duties for steel.

The Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu has rejected the proposed Cai Cung thermal power plant project, saying that it wants to become a national centre of renewable energy and a large producer of shrimp farming.

 Ly Hoang Nam met no difficulties in entering the second round of the India F2 Futures tennis tournament after beating Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash of the hosts 6-4, 6-3 yesterday in Kolkata.

 Two retail and distribution groups from South Korea - K-holdings and Coupang - will co-operate with Vietnamese partners during their trip to Ha Noi on March 22.

Members of US Navy ships and aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson visited the Da Nang Nursing Centre for the Mentally Ill on March 6, as part of their first-ever trip to the central city.

Following the incident of “vanished” savings at Eximbank, deposit security will likely be in the limelight at Vietnam-based banks’ upcoming annual general shareholders’ meetings (AGM).

 For people in southern provinces, mứt dừa (candied coconut) is an indispensable dish during Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

 With the 2018 annual general meeting season underway, several changes in key personnel at banks have become a hot topic, especially with the amended Law on Credit Institutions already coming into force.

The decisions by Tran Anh Digital World JSC to sell its distribution chain and the moves by giant home appliance chains to open drugstores indicates the home appliance market is becoming saturated.

 Vietnamese shares recovered on March 6 as blue chips performed well on bottom-fishing following the previous sharp falls.