The sharing economy has brought countless benefits to the market, economy, consumers, as well as governments which set down the path of implementation.

Since October, Vietnamese and foreign commercial banks are no longer allowed to provide mid- and long-term foreign currency loans. 

Remittances, along with foreign direct and indirect investment, and official development assistance are major sources of Vietnam’s foreign currency supply.

Foreign investment disbursement reaches 23.2 percent

Concerns over capital recovery, difficulty in accessing bank loans and the scant number of vehicles traveling on projected roads have discouraged local investors from joining the project to build eight sections of the north-south expressway.

Despite the slowdown in global deal-making due to ongoing worldwide economic uncertainty, Vietnam remains active in M&A in 2020, according to a new report by Baker McKenzie.

Vietnam has made significant improvements in getting credit and paying taxes, resulting in increases of 5 and 6.1 points against last year’s results.

The Government has proposed borrowing VND459.5 trillion (US$19.9 billion) next year to make up for the State budget deficit, increasing regular expenditures and social insurance debts.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Transport supports the establishment of Kite Air as room remains large for airlines utilizing small airports, in turn meeting Vietnam’s huge transport demands.

Many projects in the automation sector are on par with the international level, but Vietnam is still lagging far behind other countries in putting them into service, said Le Hoai Quoc, chairman of the HCMC Automation Association.

The United Nations Development Program (UNDP)-supported business model makes both ‘social’ and business sense.

The guarantee of foreign investors` rights is a key to the investors as regulations had been changed frequently, making it harder for them to invest in Vietnamese assets, according to an expert.

Hundreds of trucks carrying fruits are now stuck at the Vietnam-China border gate of Tan Thanh in Lang Son Province.

The 14.58% growth rate is higher than the average credit growth of the economy.

The government has set targets for public debts, government debts and foreign debts to ensure they are within the limit and lower than the national financial plan in the 2016 – 2020 period.

During the first phase of the construction, the work items include a runway, a passenger terminal with handling capacity up to 25 million people and a cargo terminal for 1.2 million tons of goods annually.

Without the presence of strong policies, Vietnam faces the risk of losing the majority share of domestic car markets to foreign players, said an expert.

The central bank warned commercial banks of this issue two years ago.

Experienced candidates, aged 40 and over, are expected to have the highest demand for jobs by the end of 2019.

Inflows from emerging countries might fail to meet environmental protection requirements.