The Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR) has announced unsatisfactory results on a stress test it conducted on 13 Vietnamese banks which hold 68.5% of the total assets of the banking system.

Many real estate projects have resumed and capital flow to the market has soared. Analysts have warned that the real estate bubble is returning.

Consumer price index (CPI) for the month of July rose in the country's two largest cities, Hanoi and HCM City, according to the statistics offices in these cities.

(VOV) - The 2015 Vietnam E-Government Symposium was held July 21-22 at the New World Saigon Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City featuring the theme – Building a smart city strategy with a focus on e-government.

A high proportion of products from distribution channels in Hanoi are locally made, unveiled by the Steering Committee for the campaign “Vietnamese people prioritise Vietnamese goods” at a press conference in the city on July 21. 

(VOV) - Vietnam will send a working group to the Philippines to learn tuna fishing and processing technologies, said Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Vu Van Tam.

The rising Vietnamese stock market is now attractive in foreign investors’ eyes amid the turmoil of the Chinese and European markets. But this does not mean that a price boom will occur, experts say.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked the Ministry of Finance and other relevant ministries to review tax policies and fix a new import tax rate for high-powered cars.

Enterprises in several business fields are now able to implement regulations in Decree No 60 that increase the foreign-ownership ratio in Vietnamese companies, with no need to wait for guiding documents.

(VOV) - On July 21, the Vietnam Association of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises held a round-table seminar in Hanoi discussing Vietnam’s preferential import tariff when carrying out the 2015-2019 Vietnam-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement.