03-05-2022 23:47
Vietnam is being warned of an inflation increase this year due to great pressure on rising prices of commodities used for domestic production, affecting consumption recovery and growth.
29-04-2022 13:55
There have been growing concerns that Vietnam’s fast-growing corporate bond market is harbouring financial risks. The single most important step that the government could take to improve the transparency, safety, and sustainability of the corporate bond market is to mandate public credit ratings for all publicly and privately traded bonds.
28-04-2022 09:56
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) maintained its forecast for Vietnam’s GDP growth at 6.5 percent in 2022 and projected the economy to further expand by 6.7 percent in 2023.
29-03-2022 14:33
With the entire ASEAN just agreeing upon upgrading trade, investment, and digital cooperation as one of the key pillars for boosting intra-bloc ties, Vietnam is offering many opportunities to further develop its digital economy, facilitating economic activities.
21-03-2022 08:05
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Vietnam International Bank (VIB) have announced a $260 million syndicated loan agreement to enhance financing for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), private businesses, and individual customers.
17-03-2022 10:21
Before the pandemic struck, Southeast Asia had been a global success story in fostering growth and reducing poverty. Ramesh Subramaniam, director general of the Southeast Asia Department of the Asian Development Bank, discusses how the region can now begin to recover with more buoyant growth.
14-01-2022 16:13
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a US$25 million loan with Tien Phong Commercial Joint Stock Bank (TPB) to expand access to finance of women-owned and led small and medium-sized enterprises (WSMEs) in Vietnam.
07-01-2022 13:58
Vietnam saw GDP contract by 6.2 per cent in Q3 2021, which dragged the country’s GDP growth for the first nine months of the year to a historic low of 1.4 per cent.
05-01-2022 12:05
The unexpected price hikes of important building materials pose roadblocks to constructors. Moreover, the construction price index climbed by 3.65 per cent in the first nine months of 2021 on-year.
28-12-2021 11:16
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has downgraded Malaysia's gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast to 3.8 percent from 4.7 percent for 2021 and 5.9 percent from 6.1 percent next year.
22-12-2021 10:29
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has downgraded Malaysia's gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast to 3.8 percent from 4.7 percent for 2021 and 5.9 percent from 6.1 percent next year.
21-12-2021 17:43
Startups in Phu Yen province will be able to access aid and investment capital as well as business development skills via the ADB Ventures – Supporting Impact Startups Project.
20-12-2021 07:47
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is doing its utmost to recover tourism and boost inclusive, sustainable development in the sector, and help local entrepreneurs, especially women and youth, adopt digital platforms to grow their tourism businesses.
15-12-2021 15:20
The Asian Development Bank revised its economic growth outlook for developing Asia, down slightly to 7 per cent this year and 5.3 per cent next year, after renewed outbreaks of coronavirus disease led to slower growth in the third quarter.
30-11-2021 14:00
Today, the Norwegian Embassy in Hanoi, its commercial section Innovation Norway, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Vietnam Environment Administration (VEA) under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) organised a webinar titled “Multi-stakeholders approach – a key to successful circular economy”.