Banks hike mortgage interest rates
Several banks have increased mortgage interest rates by up to 1 percentage point amid credit tightening. In mid-June Vietcombank hiked its from 9.2 percent to …
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Stock trading hits 8-session high
Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index dropped 0.25 percent to 1179.25 points Friday with trading highest in eight sessions. The index closed 2.9 points lower after …
Vietnam loses $3 bln a year not recycling plastic: UNDP
Vietnam “wastes” around $3 billion each year by not recycling plastic waste, a senior United Nations Development Program official said Friday at a …
Fuel price cuts fail to drag prices down
Gasoline prices may have fallen by 10 percent on Monday, but to many people’s chagrin this has not had a knock-on effect on other prices. Three days …
123456 most ‘leaked’ password in Vietnam: ministry
‘123456’ was among the most leaked passwords in Vietnam, with over 3.4 million uses last year, posing a cybersecurity risk that hackers can exploit, the …
Design changes caused Hanoi bus rapid transit failure: World Bank
Hanoi’s BRT line failed to attract as many passengers as it should have because its design was changed from the original plan, according to World Bank …
Steel prices drop 8th time in a row
Steel prices have dropped for the eighth time in a row since mid-May with a total decline of nearly 13 percent. Biggest steelmaker Hoa Phat Group brought its …
Private fund does not always equate to financial infidelity among couples
Hong Anh was angry when she discovered her husband had been giving his younger sister in university VND5 million ($214.18) a month. Minh Hung, an IT engineer, …
Vietnamese leaders pay respect to late Shinzo Abe
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited the Japanese Embassy in Hanoi Monday to pay tribute to late former Japanese Prime …
Bank stock fall pulls VN-Index down
Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index dropped 1.37 percent to 1,155.29 points Monday, dragged down by all banking blue chips. The index stayed in the red for …