European business leaders remain cautious, but see signs of improvement in Vietnam's economy, according to the latest Business Climate Index (BCI) report released by the European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham) and produced by Decision Lab.
The appointment of independent directors is often merely for compliance purposes rather than aiming at the actual value that independent directors could bring to the company, according to a recent report conducted by VNIDA and FiinGroup.
Conglomerates in Southeast Asia have historically outperformed their global counterparts in total shareholder returns but this outperformance has since been eroding, according to a recent EY-Parthenon report.
Signs are now suggesting that it may be time for Vietnam’s external sector to brace for a bumpy road ahead, according to HSBC’s latest report.
Vietnam lost about $10 billion in 2020, or 3.2 per cent of its gross domestic product, to climate impacts, the World Bank Group’s Country Climate and Development Report for Vietnam stated.
Despite the optimism when Vietnam saw a rosy start to 2022, it is facing multiple challenges given elevated global energy prices, HSBC said in its latest report.
A recent Chainalysis report showing stellar growth in cryptocurrency adoption in Central and Southeast Asia (CSAO), making it the fourth-largest crypto market in the world, should come as no surprise.
As Vietnam battles another wave of Covid-19, accelerating the pace of reforms, upgrading workforce skills and infrastructure will strengthen the private sector to help the country recover from the pandemic and unlock its potential, according to a new World Bank Group report.
Vietnam’s economic growth is expected to slow down due to a resurgence of Covid-19 that has tightened the labor market, lowered industrial output, and disrupted agricultural value chains, according to latest report released by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
The report of humanitarian group Oxfam reveals that the social and economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic as mass unemployment, disruption to food production and supplies and declining aid could push 121 million people to the brink of starvation this year.
Vietnam makes significant progress in sustainable finance reforms, according to the second Global Progress Report of the IFC-facilitated Sustainable Banking Network (SBN).
The cold chain industry is forecast to value at $169 million in 2019, fueled by the development of processing industry and modern trade retails, according to FiinGroup.
Vietnam will likely survive on a two-scenario forecast for economic growth this year, at either 6.56 per cent on the safe side or at as high as 6.81 per cent, according to the latest VEPR report.
Vietnamese citizens are more satisfied with public services but concerned about the environment, poverty and corruption, revealed in 2018 PAPI report.
