Society
25 bridges to be built from JICA loan
The Prime Minister has approved the construction of 25 bridges to replace weak structures nationwide under the transport credit project funded by the JICA to improve national transport.
Society
Society
Business
Credit growth on target to hit 15-17 percent
Credit growth by August 10 reached 8.3 percent compared to December last year, much higher than during the same period last year.
ASEAN
Japan to increase support to Philippines
Japan has pledged to provide a 2 billion USD loan to the Philippines in order to upgrade the national railway system, according to a statement released by the Philippines’ Foreign Ministry.
Business
US-dollar loan demand rises
Demands for loans in US dollars have again increased in recent months, thanks to low interest rates and a stable exchange rate.
Business
Mekong Delta’s largest-ever social housing work breaks ground
The largest-ever social housing project in the Mekong Delta, which had its official groundbreaking ceremony in Vinh Long province on August 1, is scheduled to be available in June 2016.
Society
WB-funded water supply project added 20 mln USD loan
Deputy PM Hoang Trung Hai has allowed the first phase of the “Urban Water Supply and Wastewater” project to receive an additional 20 million USD loan from the World Bank's IDA.
Thai farmers to access loan from agriculture bank
The Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) has
prepared 60 billion BTH (1.76 billion USD) to give out as loans to
farmers to boost farm productivity.
RoK approves 77 million USD loan for Vietnam
The Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Ministry of Strategy and Finance on May 19
approved a 77 million USD loan for irrigational system upgrade projects
in Vietnam’s central provinces of Thanh Hoa and Nghe An.
HCM City creditors see Q1 loan growth
Total outstanding loans of credit institutions in Ho Chi Minh City grew
4.14 percent in this year's first four months, with 80 percent of the
lending extended for production and business activities.
Focus
Vietnam moves to lessen dependence on soybean material imports
National COVID-19 caseload rises to 11,365,784 on August 14
Vietnam team claim four medals at Int’l Informatics Olympiad
North-South express railway to seek Politburo’s approval
