Việt Nam’s National Credit Information Centre (CIC) had compiled credit information on more than 36.8 million borrowers by the end of June, rising nearly two million against the end of last year, CIC’s director Đỗ Hoàng Phong said.

Hòa Phát Group has posted surges of revenue and after-tax profit in the first half of the year.

The daily reference exchange rate was adjusted up again on this morning, rising VNĐ10 from the previous day to VNĐ22,669 per US dollar.

The Ministry of Construction has cut or simplified 85 per cent out of the 215 business and investment conditions, and eliminated five among the 17 conditional business lines.

SCG Vietnam has reported revenues of US$639 million in the first half of this year, a 20 per cent year-on-year jump.

Đồng Nai’s export surplus in the first seven months of the year was US$1.6 billion, which made up half of the country’s total.

Though credit growth has declined recently, Việt Nam’s GDP has continued to rise in the past one and a half years thanks to the improvement of credit quality and the contribution of foreign direct investment (FDI) firms.

Việt Nam maintained growth in the number of foreign investors to the nation in the first seven months of this year, according to the General Statistics Office.

Bình Dương authorities yesterday met with 80 executives from foreign enterprises based in the southern province to discuss the problems faced by their companies.