Tag: "reopening rate"

Hotels struggle to resume operation after lockdown

Hotels struggle to resume operation after lockdown

National Focus  -  4 year

Vietnam’s hospitality market after social distancing due to Covid-19 has showed positive development but recovery is underway.

May the draft amendment of VAT law demotivate Vietnam’s export growth?

May the draft amendment of VAT law demotivate Vietnam’s export growth?

Leader Talk  -  4 month

A prominent issue for many Vietnamese businesses concerns the proposed narrowing of the 0 per cent VAT rate for export services.

Textile industry crying foul of exchange rate turbulence

Textile industry crying foul of exchange rate turbulence

National Focus  -  7 month

Currency and interest rate fluctuations have had a detrimental impact on garment and textile exports.

Dragon Capital: Monetary policy unlikely to be reversed

Dragon Capital: Monetary policy unlikely to be reversed

National Focus  -  7 month

According to Dragon Capital, the issuance of bonds this time is considered a necessary measure to moderate exchange rate fluctuations, rather than indicating a shift in monetary policy.

HSBC warns of real estate risks

HSBC warns of real estate risks

Property  -  3 year

HSBC expects rising housing prices to constrain the SBV’s ability to deliver any further rate cuts.

High land rental forces industrial producers to move out of first cities

High land rental forces industrial producers to move out of first cities

Property  -  4 year

More competitive land cost as well as lower occupancy rate are making emerging industrial areas in surrounding provinces become more attractive to investors and developers.

Ho Chi Minh City sees uptick in condo absorption

Ho Chi Minh City sees uptick in condo absorption

Property  -  5 year

New projects achieve high sold rate of over 80 per cent of launched units, despite price increase.

Nha Trang hotels forced to cut rates to cope with room glut

Nha Trang hotels forced to cut rates to cope with room glut

Business  -  5 year

Hoteliers in Khanh Hoa province are reducing room rates as they have been facing with a glut of rooms that leads to lower occupancy.

Hundreds of thousands of households fall into poverty due to health self-pay

Hundreds of thousands of households fall into poverty due to health self-pay

Leader Talk  -  5 year

Vietnamese people now must pay for about 40 per cent of health services, a very high rate, causing about 700-800 thousand households to fall into poverty each year, according to a senior Oxfam expert.

NA confidence vote on highly ranking officials announced

NA confidence vote on highly ranking officials announced

National Focus  -  6 year

National Assembly Chairwoman enjoyed the highest rate of "high confidence" which was 90.1 per cent whilst Education Minister fared the worst in a vote of confidence held by the National Assembly yesterday.

World Bank raises Vietnam economic growth forecast by 0.3 per cent

World Bank raises Vietnam economic growth forecast by 0.3 per cent

National Focus  -  6 year

The growth rate of Vietnam economy in 2018 was raised to 6.8 per cent by the World Bank, making Vietnam become one of the few countries having enhanced growth prospects.

LienVietPostBank mortgages Gov't bonds for a $50 million loan

LienVietPostBank mortgages Gov't bonds for a $50 million loan

Business  -  6 year

The total value of these Government bonds is around VND1.45 trillion, equivalent to $62.3 million, higher than the value of a loan offered by JP Morgan Chase to LienVietPostBank.

Output, new orders, job creation eased slightly but business confidence upped

Output, new orders, job creation eased slightly but business confidence upped

National Focus  -  6 year

Vietnam Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) in July indicated a slight ease of output, new orders and job creation rate but still business confidence seen picked up.

The Government to launch $86 million fund to finance start-ups

The Government to launch $86 million fund to finance start-ups

Business  -  6 year

Start-ups will be provided with loans from the small and medium enterprise development fund with interest rates not exceeding 80 per cent of the lowest levels at commercial banks in which the State owns over 50 per cent of capital.