Việt Nam needs new approaches to fund development: ADB expert As Việt Nam is estimated to need on average US$210 billion in infrastructure per year through 2030 to meet its development targets, Asian Development Bank (ADB) expert suggested the country should adopt new approaches to get the huge capital.

Vinacomin's subsidiary to divest from Nghe An-based non-ferrous company The Vinacomin – Minerals Holding Corporation (Vimico) is planning to sell nearly 2.4 million shares, worth over VNĐ23.6 billion (about US$1 million), in the Nghệ Tĩnh Non-ferrous Metal JSC.

Micro-pollution ravaging China and South Asia: study Nearly 90 per cent of the 200 cities beset by the world's highest levels of deadly micro-pollution are in China and India, with most of the rest in Pakistan and Indonesia, researchers reported on Tuesday.

Company profit growth to slow down in 2020: reports

Corporate earnings were forecast to slow in 2020 as the economy became more vulnerable to external factors, data firms and securities businesses forecast.

BIDV puts auto firm Vinaxuki up for sale to recover bad debt The Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) has announced plans to put secured assets of Xuân Kiên Auto JSC (Vinaxuki) up for auction to recover the VNĐ1.26 trillion (US$55 million) non-performing loan.

Coronavirus puts 'fragile' global recovery at risk: IMF to G20 The deadly coronavirus epidemic could put an already fragile global economic recovery at risk, the IMF warned on Sunday, as G20 financial chiefs voiced "real concern" over its economic ripple effects.

HCM City draws up specific policies for large firms

HCM City plans to draw up specific policies for firms having capital of more than VNĐ100 billion (US$4.3 million) in the first quarter of this year, and has committed to create more favourable conditions for enterprises.

Japanese businesses to invest in Việt Nam’s services and retail Services and retail are forecast to attract a large amount of Japanese direct investment into Việt Nam this year.

2 State-owned banks allowed to increase charter capital The Government has decided to allow Vietcombank and Vietinbank to increase their charter capital by VNĐ10 trillion (US$434.8 million) in the first quarter of this year, but it has not said how they could do so.

Foreign capital keeps flowing out to weigh on VN stocks Last week’s net-selling figure jumped nearly 600 per cent from the number recorded in the previous week.