Tough odds for VN market upgrade
Oct 26, 2019Việt Nam’s securities market has a 25 per cent chance of being upgraded to the “emerging market” status from its current “frontier market” level by 2021, according to Võ Trí Thành, senior economist at the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) cum VIAC arbitrator.
Forgiving tax debts must be done transparently
Oct 26, 2019A recent proposal by the Ministry of Finance to clear over VNĐ26.5 trillion (US$1.16 billion) of tax arrears, accounting for more than a third of all tax arrears and irrecoverable fines, has raised public concern about the fairness and transparency of handling tax debts.
Mine declines: Good news for sustainability
Oct 26, 2019The GSO attributed the slump to the plummet in crude oil and coal exploitation. This consequence is directly related to Việt Nam’s past development strategy, when the mining industry still occupied an important position.
Insurance books should not be used as collateral
Oct 26, 2019Lawmakers, lawyers and leaders from Vietnam Social Security (VSS), a State agency in charge of the country’s social insurance programme, have all advised against the practice of using social insurance books as collateral by banks, credit institutions and small loan businesses at a conference last week on the subject.
Gap widens in deposit interest rates
Oct 26, 2019Analysts warned depositors to be careful and select a trustworthy bank to deposit their money since the National Assembly has passed a law for declaring troubled banks bankrupt through an amendment to a law on the operation of credit organisations, which takes effect this year.
Five Vietnamese think tanks have been ranked in the top 100
Oct 26, 2019Five Vietnamese think tanks have been ranked in the top 100 think tanks in the Southeast Asia and Pacific region in the 2017 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report.
An urgent strategy needed for Vietnamese enterprises to grow
Oct 26, 2019Associate Professor Dr Trần Đình Thiên, Director of the Vietnam Institute of Economics, VIAC Arbitrator, talks to Tiền Phong (Vanguard) newspaper on what the country should do to gain strong economics development in 2018.
VIAC Arbitrator attends the 68th session of Working Group II, UNCITRAL
Oct 26, 2019From 3-9 February, 2018, at the United Nations Headquarters, New York, PhD., Lawyer Le Dinh Vinh - Director of Vietthink Law Firm cum VIAC Arbitrator has attended the 68th session of Working Group II of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL).
Experts warn Vietnamese investors of bitcoin bubble
Oct 26, 2019Investors of bitcoin in particular and cryptocurrencies in general should be aware of the possible risks involved in addition to rapidly increasing profits, experts have warned.