14-11-2018 17:44
HSBC and ANZ have named 13 companies of being involved in a series of frauds costing the banks VND300 billion ($13 million), leading to the prosecution of dozens of defendants and eight companies. While no wrong-doings have been identified on the part of the staff of the two banks, the court issued further investigation.
12-11-2018 09:35
Expats working in Vietnam are currently enjoying over $90,000 in average annual income, with the country scoring in the 19th place for best countries to live and work and the first place when it comes to saving more and having more disposable income.
09-11-2018 13:04
Vietnamese enterprises are among the world’s most optimistic about international trade prospects and most confident when it comes to succeeding in the current environment, according to an HSBC report.
07-11-2018 12:18
ASEAN firms are mostly bullish on trade outlook in the world, with many pivoting investment into supply chain technology to turn global trade tensions from a headwind into a tailwind, according to a global HSBC report.
01-11-2018 16:24
Vietnamese businesses are among the world’s most optimistic about international trade pacts and prospects and they are also among the most confident when it comes to succeeding in the current environment, according to HSBC’s latest report.
11-10-2018 15:00
In response to climate change, and to rigorously fulfil its role in promoting the nation’s economic development goals through credit lending activities, the local banking sector is required to take up green and sustainable banking practices in a more serious manner.
04-10-2018 14:00
Growing along with the local economy for the past 30 years, foreign direct investment inflows have played a part in shaping the local economy, particularly the finance and banking sector. HSBC Vietnam CEO Pham Hong Hai writes about how foreign investment helped Vietnam go where it is now.
31-07-2018 09:32
Vietnam is among the top three investment destinations in Southeast Asia for Singapore-based companies in the next two years, according to the latest HSBC study.
02-07-2018 10:00
Vietnam has witnessed a condensed fluctuation in its exchange rate over the past few weeks as a result of the strengthened greenback, but the ongoing trade tension between the US and China does not look likely to harm the country’s economy - in fact, signs show the opposite.
29-06-2018 21:22
SINGAPORE: A former senior vice-president of HSBC Bank was sentenced to 10-and-a-half years' jail on Friday (Jun 29) for cheating five female victims, who are her relatives and their friends, out of S$5.2 million over a period of 12 years.
08-06-2018 19:18
Market-opening international trade policy reform tends to yield positive results. When trade flows increase, nations on both ends tend to benefit. At the enterprise level, in a trade transaction both parties usually perceive a benefit, otherwise the transaction would not take place.
04-06-2018 12:06
On May 29 the State Bank of Vietnam adjusted the đồng-US dollar exchange rate, weakening the Vietnamese currency by VND9 to VND22,605 per dollar, which represented the greenback’s biggest rise so far this year.
26-05-2018 10:07
Firms are potentially missing out on key opportunities available beyond their immediate borders by focusing on trade policy developments on a regional scale, and showing lack of awareness when it comes to the broader global trade policy environment, according to an HSBC report.
15-05-2018 21:37
Banking giants HSBC and ING on Monday said they had carried out a landmark blockchain transaction aimed at speeding up payment processes and making them more secure.
08-05-2018 09:30
Encouraging investment in infrastructure in the form of public-private-partnership (PPP) is necessary to tap into domestic and foreign capital sources and technology, said Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Vu Dai Thang.