Together with our customer through this pandemic, HD Bank remains our high and constant development, controlling bad debt under 1.1%.

Repeated waves of new infections and renewed nationwide lockdowns could see a very sluggish recovery, while medical breakthroughs could result in a rapid normalisation of economic activity.

Vietnam is credited by the World Health Organization and others for its early and aggressive response to the virus that has slammed the brakes on the global economy.

The 4-5% GDP growth in the Prime Minister’s expectation seems to be very optimistic when compared to the expectations of growth from other institutions and banks.

Sound fundamentals, the authorities’ commitment to macroeconomic stability and positive reform momentum are contributing to broad based, private sector-led and noninflationary growth.

In recent years, Vietnam has reversed the rapid rise in public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) debt seen in the years up to the 12th Party Congress of January 2016.

External risks from slower partner country growth and trade policy uncertainty remain elevated; they dominate the balance of risks. Banking sector fragilities continue to pose risks, although the bank recapitalization under way is a mitigating factor...

So far, the size of the stake and the amount expected to be raised are not yet to be announced. FactSet data shows that Vietnamese’s government holds 44% of MBBank through some military-linked companies...

At the end of March, there were $15 trillion in local currency bonds outstanding in emerging East Asia, 2.9% more than at the end of 2018 and 14.0% more than at the end of...

After having surplus in the previous season, the global suger market will turn to have deficit in the 2019-2020 season because many producing countries scale down production, thus the sugar prices are expected to surge...

Competition in the fintech is getting intensely high. This rise in competition comes amid concerted efforts by the government to increase the use of digital payments in Vietnam, which lags behind its neighbors.

Recently, VPBank launched BizPay, this B2B payment solution helps companies to ensure funds for some quick payments, companies become more active in managing money flow right on the apps.