Dan Svensson, portfolio manager of the Vietnam Debt Fund (VDeF) under Dragon Capital granted an exclusive interview to a reporter from The Saigon Times Daily over Vietnam’s monetary policy and related issues in the short and middle terms. 

The August consumer price index (CPI) in Ho Chi Minh City declined 0.12% from the previous month, contributing to an annual 0.66% rise in the southern economic hub’s average eight-month index. 

(VOV) - Vietnam’s livestock industry on which the livelihoods of nearly 10 million people depend will most likely be put on the chopping block by the 11 other signatory nations to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade accord.

If Electricity of Vietnam’s (EVN) exclusive role cannot be removed, private businesses will not be able to join the electricity market, even though the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) has decided to open the market to all businesses that can meet the requirements.

Concerns about public debt arose again after the Ministry of Finance (MOF) asked for VND30 trillion from the State Bank.

Vietnam's enterprises have a positive outlook on the business climate for the third quarter, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

(VOV) - Ho Chi Minh City is sailing into another real estate boom with construction of residential housing units picking up steam throughout the metropolitan area and buyers snapping up new homes just about as fast as they hit the market.

(VOV) - Walmart stores will import and distribute different products of Vietnamese tra fish (pangasius-Vietnam) in its retail chains in the US.

(VOV) - Wow! Taiwan Selects exhibition will take place at Aeon Mall Tan Phu in Ho Chi Minh City from August 27 to September 2.

(VOV) - Two tonnes of Hung Yen longan have been transported to Ho Chi Minh City to be shipped to the US.