Vietnam has received a US$51.5 million payment for verified emissions reductions for reducing deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) and for enhancing carbon stored in forests through reforestation and afforestation, making it the first country in the East Asia Pacific region to receive a results-based payment from the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF).

With profits exceeding VND20 trillion (US$833 billion) in 2023, many banks are eyeing to join the billion-dollar profit club this year.

The Government has directed the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) to urgently inspect and supervise to stabilise the domestic gold market.

Vietnam's GDP in the first quarter of 2024 will grow by around 5.5% as predicted, according to experts and thinktanks.

VOV.VN - Tran Viet Truong, chairman of the People’s Committee of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho, highlighted the potential benefits for Japanese enterprises investing in the southern city during a working session on March 18 with a delegation of executives of Japanese banks led by Managing Executive Officer of Gunma Bank Uchibori Takeo.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked the State Bank of Vietnam to apply a flexible monetary policy, especially in credit and interest rate management, in order to support business operations and the national economy as a whole.

The Vietnamese economy is forecast to expand at 5.5% in the first quarter of the year as manufacturing and trade regain momentum, according to the United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB).

A delegation from the Finance Ministry led by Minister Ho Duc Phoc on March 11 had a working session with Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki and representatives from Japanese partners to promote bilateral financial cooperation.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment chaired a meeting on March 9 to discuss solutions to resolve difficulties and obstacles so as to accelerate the implementation of projects using loans from the World Bank (WB) in the Mekong Delta region, Ho Chi Minh City, and the southern province of Binh Duong.

VOV.VN - The domestic SJC gold price on March 9 morning continued its upward trajectory, reaching VND82.2 million per tael to surpass its all-time records.