19-07-2022 15:13
After travelling halfway around the globe, the young German-Vietnamese same-sex couple Etienne and Thanh will tie the knot in Denmark – a step that is meant to secure their future, not just as a loving couple but also as content creators who want to contribute to improving the LGBTQ+ landscape in Vietnam and the world through their social media presence.
18-07-2022 10:00
Real estate businesses are under great pressure as loans are limited and bond issuance is no longer easy. Capital has been an extremely painful problem for the real estate market recently. Since April market liquidity has been low, including primary and secondary goods.
13-07-2022 11:11
Businesses globally are adopting green financing and other environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices. However, Vietnam still has hurdles to overcome to reap the full benefits, which Dr. Nguyen Viet Long CPA (Aust.) and Consulting Partner at EY Consulting Vietnam JSC outlined in an interview with VIR's Mai Dang.
21-06-2022 09:00
Vietnam ranks second in green bond issuance in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), according to the ASEAN Sustainable Finance – State of the Market 2021 report recently released by Climate Bonds Initiatives (CBI) and HSBC.
20-06-2022 10:21
International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank, has announced it will pour around $43.4 million into Nam Long Group (HSX:NLG) in the form of bonds, despite the Vietnamese government applying strict management on the bond market.
15-06-2022 14:18
The Ministry of Construction (MoC) has proposed controlling the bond issuance activities of real estate enterprises but not tightening investment in real estate bonds, Nguyen Manh Khoi, deputy director of MoC's Housing and Market Management Department said at the monthly press conference held on June 13.
12-06-2022 20:31
The Ministry of Finance (MoF) is suggesting amendments to Decree 153 on corporate bonds, tightening up on privately-placed bond issuance.
08-06-2022 16:00
The Vietnamese authorities are keeping a grip on credit institutions’ corporate bonds in the face of growing scrutiny, which might add to pressure for issuers to alter their funding strategies. Investors’ confidence and rights, however, are to be strengthened.
02-06-2022 08:00
The Vietnamese government has implemented a range of measures to control and tighten credit in real estate bonds. Broadly speaking, there are three channels of debt capital that the real estate sector can call on to secure credit: senior bank lending, the broader capital markets, and private credit.
30-05-2022 19:39
With the movement to limit lending to the real estate sector along with the tightening of bond issuance, capital inflow into the real estate market is being congested.
29-05-2022 09:00
Bond issuers have become more cautious amid the authorities tightening control of the market, leading to issuance shrinkages.
26-05-2022 11:25
Although experts believe that rating agencies are an indispensable element of a healthy and transparent market, and a significant fundraising channel, real estate developers may suffer hurdles due to stringent bond issuance rules.
19-05-2022 17:04
Commercial banks, with participation from local and foreign-backed institutions, are engaging in bond issuance despite severe regulations placed on this and volatile market conditions.
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.
26-04-2022 12:33
Corporate bonds, in addition to credit channels and stocks, are now a major source of finance for firms, particularly for banks and real estate developers. However, much work has to be done as the channel is still in its infancy.