Vietnam

Vietnam's trade surplus expanded in February amid a sharp decline in imports. Exports surpassed imports by US$900mn in February, after a revised US$776mn in January, according to preliminary... 2013-03-04

Deputy Minister of National Defense Nguyen Chi Vinh, attended a meeting with the Assistant Secretary-General of Peacekeeping Operations at the United Nations (UN) Edmond Mulet, to discuss... 2013-03-04

The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has introduced plans for a comprehensive review of public investment projects in 2012. According to a statement released by the MPI, the... 2012-01-09

Vietnam's headline consumer price inflation (CPI) accelerated from 22.2% y-o-y in July to 23.0% y-o-y in August, reaffirming our concerns that inflationary pressures may prove to be... 2011-08-29

BMI View: Another discovery by Vietsovpetro in Block 09-1 will help boost the company's output to 140,000b/d by 2015. The extra production could help delay Vietnam's slide towards net... 2011-08-24

National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong affirmed Hanoi's interests in strengthening bilateral ties with Cambodia. During a visit in Hanoi by Second Vice President of the Cambodian... 2011-07-01

The emerging Asian growth boom is beginning to show signs of succumbing to the stresses of high oil prices, higher interest rates, stronger currencies, and the supply chain disruptions... 2011-06-21

Vietnam has accused China of raising political tensions in the region following a territorial dispute in the South China Sea in May. Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Nguyen Phuong... 2011-06-03

The National Assembly (NA) has announced that it will review proposals to increase the allocation of excess budget revenues towards national defence and security. Chair of the NA Committee... 2011-05-01

Latest economic figures published by the General Statistics Office (GSO) suggest that a shift in the Vietnamese government's focus from driving economic growth towards fighting inflation... 2011-04-04