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FiinRatings upgraded F88’s credit rating outlook from 'Stable' to 'Positive’ on April 2, 2025, citing significant improvements in asset quality and the company’s strengthened leadership position in the alternative lending market.
17-09-2024 14:23
Vietnam's alternative lending is expected to grow by 24 per cent on an annual basis to reach $441.2 million in 2024, according to a report released by Research and Markets on September 16.
16-06-2017 09:33
The increasing interest rates on house buying and housing repair loans at commercial banks raise worries about the liquidity of the Vietnamese economy.
19-06-2020 08:00
Vietnam can continue to profit from an increased significance of “local-for-local” and dual/multiple sourcing strategies as foreign investors use the country as a supply hub for the Asia-Pacific region. Björn Koslowski, deputy chief representative of the Delegation of German Industry and Commerce in Vietnam (AHK Vietnam), describes the options for businesses and the effects COVID-19 will have on these developments.
28-08-2024 11:28
Although Vietnam’s green hydrogen market remains at its early stages, there have been some developments to unlock it. Markus Bissel, project director of the International Hydrogen Ramp-up Programme from GIZ Vietnam, spoke with VIR’s Thanh Van with an overview of Vietnam’s green hydrogen market.
09-11-2020 07:00
Amid times of crisis, people long for secure and sustainable ways to invest their money in, and the ongoing health crisis with its entailing economic one is just one of the countless examples accelerating this demand.
19-10-2020 10:02
Organising webinars and combining with international organisations to promote foreign direct investment attraction is becoming the country’s top new strategy in the midst of the challenging health crisis.
02-10-2017 12:45
Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) is struggling to find sources of funding to meet its need of estimated $40 billion for its approved projects by 2020.
04-09-2017 09:33
Leasing co-working space is more cost-efficient for small businesses than traditional commercial leasing, where the area may be much larger than their needs, according to Ms. Hoang Dieu Trang, Senior Manager, Commercial Leasing, at Savills Hanoi.
16-05-2024 16:17
While logistics businesses in Vietnam are taking action to respond to Red Sea tensions, the situation may drag on for some time.
20-02-2024 11:56
More state-run energy firms in Thailand are eager to try alternative fuels to support the campaign against climate change, with the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) becoming the latest agency, aiming to replace coal with wood pellets to fuel its power plant.
07-01-2022 09:13
In recent years, Vietnam’s venture capital ecosystem has observed positive growth not only in capital inflows but also in number of deals. This uptrend has made Vietnam the third biggest startup ecosystem in Southeast Asia in terms of deal count. One of the significant contributing factors comes from the new founder generation with more serial entrepreneurial experiences and/or an overseas education background. This generation is expected to lead the ecosystem’s growth for more unicorns.
11-08-2021 13:33
With unreceived containers piling up and hampering the work of much-reduced personnel, Cat Lai Port in Ho Chi Minh City has thrown in the towel and requested that importers readjust the shipping routes to alternative destinations.
06-04-2021 21:07
Besides domestic cash and traditional corporate bonds, Vietnamese conglomerates are actively seeking to raise foreign funds by jumping on the international convertible bonds bandwagon – a viable approach to maximise their capital efficiency and enhance their international reputation.
16-11-2020 08:00
The unprecedented public health challenges this year have led to the genesis of a new class of investment channels, paving the way for both individual and institutional investors to pour their cash into more diversified portfolios.