The benchmark VN-Index on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) rose by 10.54 points to reach 919.21 points in the morning of February 11, the first working day after the nine-day Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.
Analysts believe banking credit growth will ease off next year, but since lending activities will mainly be focused on the economy, growth will not be affected.
Indonesia probably enjoyed an economic growth rate of 5.15 percent last year, the fastest pace since 2013 and higher than the 5.07-percent rate in 2017, a recent poll forecasts.
Deputy Minister of Transport Le Dinh Tho has stressed that leaders of bus stations should not make it hard for people to return to their native villages to welcome the Lunar New Year (Tet).
The consumer price index (CPI) of January rose only 0.1 percent compared to the previous month and 2.56 percent year-on-year thanks to abundant supply of goods for Lunar New Year celebration.
The benchmark VN-Index on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HOSE) grew 3.3 points, or 0.36 percent, from last week to hit 912.18 points on the week’s first trading day, January 28.
Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue required ministries, sectors and localities to control the consumer price index (CPI) between 3.3-3.9 percent in 2019 while chairing a conference of the National Steering Committee on Price Management in Hanoi on January 17.
Member countries of ASEAN need to give priority to promoting ASEAN Economic Community 2025 (AEC2025) and concluding Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) negotiations to deal with economic headwinds in 2019, according to a recent article on the website https://www.eurasiareview.com.
The net value of foreign capital flowing into Vietnam’s equity market in 2018 hit 2.8 billion USD, according to State Securities Commission Vice Chairman Pham Hong Son.
The benchmark VN-Index on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) rose by 8.74 points to reach 889.64 points on January 7, the first transaction day of the week.
Minister of Finance Dinh Tien Dung has asked the sector to enhance price control and market management to prevent any sudden cost hikes before, during or after the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday which lasts from February 2-10.
Analysts and securities firms are hoping Vietnamese shares will perform better in 2019, but there are still many challenges that will clearly weigh on market sentiment.
Singapore’s economy likely maintained a steady pace of growth in the fourth quarter as the manufacturing sector outperformed forecasts, but US-China trade tensions could slow the momentum in 2019.
Price hikes in key staples will not happen in Ho Chi Minh City during the lunar New Year (Tet) holidays, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Le Thanh Liem has affirmed.
The World Bank (WB) said on December 21 that it has revised down its growth projections for the Philippines to 6.4 percent in 2018 and 6.5 percent in 2019 as persistently high inflation affects consumer spending.
Vietnam remained the smallest local currency bond market among nine economies of emerging East Asia, according to the latest edition of the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Asia Bond Monitor.
Hanoi’s consumer price index (CPI) in October increased 0.24 percent month-on-month and 4.09 percent year on year as transport costs rose 1.42 percent due to the petrol price hikes, according to the Hanoi Statistics Department.
Ten of the 11 goods categories have seen price increases in October, raising the consumer price index (CPI) by 0.33 percent from the previous month, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
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