Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Nguyen Thi Hong provided explanations regarding the high lending rates and credit room management during a plenary session of the 15th National Assembly’s ongoing fifth meeting in Hanoi on June 1.

The southern largest economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City is striving to achieve an annual growth rate of at least 10% in the inflow of remittances during the 2023-2025 period and maintains this rate in 2025-2030.

Measures must be taken to bring down bank interest rates, said the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) at a meeting with CEOs from 26 commercial banks in the country on May 25.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has announced two decisions to further reduce policy interest rates, which will become effective from May 25, 2023.

VOV.VN - The Hanoi international chess tournament 2023 officially kicked off on May 22 at the Cultural Exchange Center in Hanoi’s Old Quarter.

VOV.VN - Cơm tấm, Vietnamese broken rice, and bánh chưng, a square sticky rice cake also known as chung cake, has been listed among the top 100 Best Rated Rice Dishes in the World as complied by international food magazine TasteAtlas.

Participants at a seminar in Hanoi on May 16 discussed three pillars of the nation’s rapid and sustainable development.

VOV.VN - Three Vietnamese dishes have been listed among the top 10 Best Rated Southeast Asian Meat Dishes, as compiled by renowned international food magazine TasteAtlas.

Reducing interest rates, maintaining interest subsidies, hiking credit limits, and providing unsecured loans to manufacturing businesses are among the demands made by businesses in the south-eastern region to the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV).

VOV.VN - High interest rates have exerted a strong impact on Vietnam’s competitiveness, heard a seminar themed “Impact of High Interest Rates on Macro-economic Stability and Growth Recovery in 2023” held on May 11 in Hanoi.