Economy

Tokyo (VNA) - Vietnam is a potential and emerging market, with low risks, good economy and stable politics, Eto Shinji, General Manager of Japanese building product distributor JUTEC Corporation’s Overseas Business Department, has said. “That's why we decided to go there. That was in 2015,” he noted in an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency’s correspondent in Tokyo recently. According to him, at first, his company tried to sell Japanese building materials in the Vietnamese market. But unfortunately, the way of building houses in Vietnam is totally different from Japan’s one, and thus, building materials used in Vietnam are totally different from those used in Japan. “We had tried to sell our products to those who have special technical knowledge of Japan, but it was not easy. As a result, we changed our mindset to adapt to the market and then, decided to enter its real estate market because we thought that there is a close link between … [Read more...] about Vietnam hailed for good economy, stable politics: Japanese business executive

Tai Hui, head of the Standard Chartered Bank’s Asian research department, says that there are two factors that put pressure on the devaluation of the VND. First, the increase in the price of gold makes local investors pay more attention to gold than the Vietnamese currency. Second, the trade deficit may reach more than US$2 billion a month. Although this level is lower than in the first half of 2008 (about US$2.5-3 billion), it has raised great concern about the balance of payment, especially when FDI and overseas remittances are forecast to increase slightly. … [Read more...] about Increase basic interest rate – a good therapy for national economy

Dr. Tran Dinh Thien, Associate Professor, Director of Vietnam Institute of Economics, made the statement at the opening ceremony of the Autumn Economic Forum held yesterday in the southern city of Vung Tau. Dr Thien also pointed out some paradoxes in the Vietnamese economy such as local banks having large amounts of money, while many enterprises complain about accessing capital. “Many outstanding problems relating to land disputes, lax management at state-owned enterprises or risks to the banking system, etc. are bringing more difficulties to the economy and people’s lives,” he said, while proposing solutions including setting out a long range development plan, removing quotas for provincial GDP growth, and providing more assistance to enterprises. National Assembly Deputy Tran Du Lich from HCM City also agreed with Dr Thien, saying that it was necessary to lower corporate income tax and help firms access credit. Dr Nguyen Dinh Cung, Deputy Director of the … [Read more...] about Forum discusses the problems facing Vietnam’s economy

“We had tried to sell our products to those who have special technical knowledge of Japan, but it was not easy. As a result, we changed our mindset to adapt to the market and then, decided to enter its real estate market because we thought that there is a close link between the two markets,” he said. … [Read more...] about Vietnam hailed for good economy, stable politics

Director of the city’s Tourism Department Nguyễn Thị Hồng Hạnh said the city wanted to offer a stimulus for both group and individual tours, particularly young people who are not usually scared about travelling and those whose demand for travel was repressed during nationwide social distancing. … [Read more...] about Đà Nẵng kickstarts economy after COVID-19 pandemic