Credit institutions asked to tighten loans in “overheating” sectors: SBV The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has requested local credit institutions and foreign banks’ restrict lending concentration for real estate and construction, Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) and the consumption sector.

Central bank to adjust monetary policies to weather pandemic The State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) announced it could adjust monetary policies, including credit growth and incentives, in the remaining months of the year to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic.

HCM City seeks developers for nearly 300 PPP projects HCM City is expected to reconsider projects under the public – private partnership investment form meant to combat flooding and land subsidence and resettle people living along canals when new regulations for PPP come into effect.

State audit on the right track to realise Moscow Declaration

Deputy Auditor General of the State Audit Office of Việt Nam (SAV), Nguyễn Tuấn Anh, talks to Vietnam News Agency about his office’s contributions in strengthening independent external oversight on the achievement of nationally agreed goals

Gov't has backup plans for North-South Expressway if no investors found: minister The Government has prepared a backup plan to fund the North-South Expressway (NSE) amid fears that private investors might not be financially capable of carrying out the mega project, the transport minister has said.

HCM City tightens land management HCM City plans to tighten management of public lands and apply information technology to increase the city’s revenues, a city official said yesterday at a meeting.

State Bank warns of NPLs from transport projects The State Bank of Việt Nam has said it would continue to direct credit institutions to strictly control credit in potentially-risky areas such as real estate and securities, especially Build-Operate-Transfer and Build-Transfer transport projects.

Bank loans to BOT, BT infrastructure projects worth $4.72 billion Bank loans for build-operate-transfer (BOT) and build-transfer (BT) infrastructure projects in the year to September reached nearly VNĐ110 trillion (US$4.72 billion), up 1.85 per cent against the end of 2018.

Transport ministry asks for more funding for airport renovation

According to the report, signed by Deputy Minister of Transport (MOT) Lê Anh Tuấn, the two biggest international airports in the country are under great pressure.

Stakeholders urged to consult arbitrators in PPP project disputes Arbitrators need to step-in and deal with disputes in public-private-partnership (PPP) projects so economic development will not be disrupted, experts have warned.