- February 15th, 2026
Vietnam’s central bank has lowered its target for credit growth to around 15 per cent this year, signalling a more cautious policy stance after warnings that last year’s lending surge could fuel financial instability and asset price bubbles. In a...
In most countries, negotiations over billion-dollar energy infrastructure projects fall under the remit of trade ministries, energy regulators, or state-owned utilities. In Vietnam, however, a recent high-profile meeting has underscored a significant and controversial shift in the country’s power structure....
Vietnam has significantly expanded its island-building efforts across the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. According to a report released on Friday (Aug 22) by the Washington-based Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), recent satellite imagery shows Hanoi’s...
In Vietnam’s bustling markets, where imitation luxury fashion was once sold in the open with cheerful transparency, the silence of shuttered shops now echoes the country’s growing economic anxiety. The United States, Vietnam’s top export destination, has accused the Southeast...
In a dramatic plea before an appellate court, Truong My Lan, a 68-year-old Vietnamese property magnate, appealed to spare her life after being sentenced to death for orchestrating one of the largest fraud cases in global history. The founder of...
Vietnam’s Prime Minister, Pham Minh Chinh, expressed aspirations for deeper economic and technological cooperation with the United States during a high-profile business summit on Wednesday. He called for the U.S. to officially recognize Vietnam as a market economy and to...
In a small corner of central Vietnam, where a museum and memorial mark one of America’s most infamous wartime atrocities, a curious sight greets visitors: a cooler of strawberry ice cream for sale near the ticket booth. The incongruity of...
Vietnam's Communist Party Chief, To Lam, congratulated former U.S. President Donald Trump on his recent electoral victory in a phone call on Monday. The conversation between the two leaders covered avenues for enhancing economic collaboration, according to an official statement...
Vietnamese authorities launched an intensive investigation into GFDI Company, a financial investment consultancy, following a dramatic raid that occurred after hundreds of aggrieved investors gathered outside the firm’s offices to demand the return of their investments. The Ministry of Public...
A Vietnamese court has sentenced six people, including four police officers, to prison terms in connection with a 2022 fire that tore through a karaoke bar in Binh Duong province, near Ho Chi Minh City, killing 32 individuals and prompting...
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