Non-performing loans (NPLs) of State-owned Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Agribank) kept at the Việt Nam Asset Management Company (VAMC) have dropped by over VNĐ9.4 trillion (US$401.7 million) to VNĐ 9.59 trillion in the first half of this year, the bank’s latest audited financial statement showed.

Việt Nam imported 11,172 cars between January and September, up 5,142 units from the same period last year.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said Việt Nam would likely approve the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) at the National Assembly meeting this month.

According to a Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) official, pork supplies will meet high year-end demand around the holidays and the New Year.

In a short time, foreign funds have sold millions of shares of Mobile World Corporation (MWG), one of the biggest mobile phone and accessory retailers in Việt Nam, with an estimated transfer value of up to hundreds of billions of Vietnamese đồng.

The People’s Committee in the south-central coastal province of Bình Thuận targets increasing by 1.3 times the coastal economic growth rate by 2020 against the current total provincial rate.

The State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) will likely continue its tightened monetary policy in the remaining months of the year after its decision to strictly control lending to high risk sectors in the third quarter didn’t adversely affect the country’s economic growth, according to experts.

Standard Chartered Bank continues to expect Việt Nam’s robust GDP growth of 7 per cent in 2018, driven by strong FDI-supported electronics manufacturing and rising consumption.

Price stability is needed to ensure sustained growth of the cashew market and benefits for stakeholders in the cashew value chain, delegates said at the 10th International Conference on Cashew in Hạ Long City over the weekend.