Small-sized banks are making great efforts to grow to avoid being merged or acquired, however, it is not easy, according to the Đầu tư chứng khoán (Securities Investment) newspaper.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has signed a decree allowing Vietnamese to gamble at casinos in Việt Nam. It will come into effect on March 15.

Experts said the legality of coastal condotels should be clarified since the product had recently emerged an investment trend in Việt Nam's realty market.

The number of companies involved in foreign trade has increased, indicating simplified customs procedures, a senior official in the Customs General Department said.

Though Việt Nam possesses huge amounts of iron ore, there is a serious shortage of steel for the mechanical engineering industry and defense industry, the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Heavy Industry Department Director Trương Thanh Hoài told online newspaper news.zing.vn on Monday.

Việt Nam will likely launch its bond derivatives market in the first quarter of this year. This is part of the four-year roadmap for the domestic bond market prepared by the Ministry of Finance and projected to be submitted to the Prime Minister this year.

The VN Index on the HCM Stock Exchange climbed to a nine-year high in the last trading session of the lunar new year as investor confidence was positive on expectations for a better trading year when the market returns after the Tết holiday.

State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) has urged commercial banks and card issuers to ensure smooth operation of automatic telling machines (ATMs) before the Tết (Lunar New Year) holidays begin.

The Governor of State Bank of Việt Nam on Tuesday signed regulations on boosting restructuring of the system and settlement of non-performing loans (NPLs), and making the banking system safe.