Credit solutions needed to address outstanding realty firms’ bonds    

Credit solutions needed to address outstanding realty firms’ bonds    

Credit solutions need to be put in place to effectively deal with real estate businesses’ bond woes and enable developers, homebuyers and investors to access reasonable loan interest rates, said Le Hoang Chau, chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City Real Estate Association (HoREA).

Opinion - Fri, April 7, 2023 | 1:50 pm GTM+7

Vietnam banking system needs serious shake-up: expert

Vietnam banking system needs serious shake-up: expert

The Vietnamese banking system must be reformed comprehensively and substantively, given many banks showing increasingly weak financial health, wrote banking expert Dr. Nguyen Tri Hieu.

Opinion - Sat, March 18, 2023 | 8:12 am GTM+7

Removing legal bottlenecks first step to save property market

Removing legal bottlenecks first step to save property market

Removal of legal bottlenecks is paramount to saving the ailing real estate market, wrote Nguyen Van Dinh, a Vietnamese land law researcher.

Opinion - Tue, February 28, 2023 | 8:52 am GTM+7

Cultural due diligence critical to nurturing foreign bank 'marriages'

Cultural due diligence critical to nurturing foreign bank 'marriages'

A number of foreign banks "married" Vietnamese banks with strategic ownership stakes about two decades ago, but many of these partnerships ended in "divorce". The Investor talks with Andreas Stoffers, country director of Friedrich Naumann Foundation Vietnam and former member of Deutsche Bank Vietnam's management board, about tips to nurtue relations.

Opinion - Thu, February 9, 2023 | 8:50 am GTM+7

Positive solutions needed to ease Vietnamese firms’ capital thirst: expert

Positive solutions needed to ease Vietnamese firms’ capital thirst: expert

Vietnamese authorities should provide positive solutions to quench businesses’ thirst for capital, thus helping them gradually recover, said Le Xuan Nghia, member of the National Financial and Monetary Policy Advisory Council.

Opinion - Tue, January 24, 2023 | 2:46 pm GTM+7

'An elephant in the room' - the story of Vietnam's vehicle registration centers

'An elephant in the room' - the story of Vietnam's vehicle registration centers

The case of an illiterate man who was appointed director of a vehicle registration center in Ho Chi Minh City has been described as “an elephant in the room”.

Opinion - Wed, January 11, 2023 | 9:03 am GTM+7

North-South express railway to drive economic growth

North-South express railway to drive economic growth

A high-speed railway linking the north and south of Vietnam needs be built to spur the country’s socio-economic development, says Prof. Nguyen Mai, former vice chairman of the State Committee for Cooperation and Investment.

Opinion - Sun, November 27, 2022 | 8:27 pm GTM+7

Transport minister Nguyen Van The sets positive precedent

Transport minister Nguyen Van The sets positive precedent

The resignation of Transport Minister Nguyen Van The is of positive significance as it can lay a foundation for the formation of a future practice: Individuals, in any position in the political system and government, can voluntarily resign when they feel they are no longer suited to their current work.

Opinion - Thu, November 10, 2022 | 12:05 am GTM+7

Surface concretization a major reason for unprecedented flooding in Danang

Surface concretization a major reason for unprecedented flooding in Danang

Surface concretization was a major reason behind the recent unprecedented flooding in the central city of Danang, says architect Ngo Viet Nam Son, head of NgoViet Architects & Planners.

Opinion - Tue, November 8, 2022 | 8:46 am GTM+7

Adapting to 'new normal' labor trends key to talent retention

Adapting to 'new normal' labor trends key to talent retention

Among all the profound changes brought by the global pandemic, we believe that hybrid working is one of the most notable trends.

Opinion - Mon, June 27, 2022 | 7:00 am GTM+7

Vietnam shows no compromise in tackling official wrongdoing

Vietnam shows no compromise in tackling official wrongdoing

Recent disciplinary action and legal sanctions against two Party Central Committee members, Nguyen Thanh Long and Chu Ngoc Anh, reveal the Party and the State's determination to root out their rotten teeth.

Opinion - Tue, June 14, 2022 | 2:40 pm GTM+7

50-70 year apartment ownership certificates 'good for the market'

50-70 year apartment ownership certificates 'good for the market'

The Ministry of Construction’s proposal on granting apartment owners a certificate of property use with a definitive term of 50-70 years, instead of the current permanent ownership, is good for the market in the long run.

Opinion - Sat, June 11, 2022 | 7:00 am GTM+7

Early Doi moi lessons of FDI attraction for an auto industry strategy 

Early Doi moi lessons of FDI attraction for an auto industry strategy 

The lessons of success and failure in the last three decades since the Doi moi economic reforms were introduced should be applied in building a modern and synchronous development strategy for Vietnam's automoblie industry.

Opinion - Tue, May 31, 2022 | 3:08 pm GTM+7

Hanoi metro projects a thorn in the flesh

Hanoi metro projects a thorn in the flesh

After enormous public outcry over record-high extra cost and record-long delay, Hanoi’s first metro line, Cat Linh-Ha Dong, finally came into operation, thanks God.

Opinion - Mon, May 30, 2022 | 9:40 am GTM+7

Red tape remains big investor concern

Red tape remains big investor concern

I am glad that we have achieved significant success in reducing administrative procedures in many ministries and agencies, particularly at the Ministry of Finance, in recent years. It was highly valued by both domestic and international businesses.

Opinion - Sun, May 15, 2022 | 6:48 pm GTM+7

Bonds essential capital source for real estate market

Bonds essential capital source for real estate market

Currently, Vietnam's real estate market is highly dependent on the credit system and corporate bonds. In the first two months of 2022, about $1.13 billion in corporate bonds were issued, doubling the volume in the same period last year, according to financial database provider FiinPro.

Opinion - Wed, May 11, 2022 | 2:45 pm GTM+7

Vietnam retail banking at crossroads

Vietnam retail banking at crossroads

When I was in Vietnam in 2009 as a member of the management board of Deutsche Bank Vietnam, responsible for opening up the market, retail banking was still in its infancy.

Opinion - Mon, May 9, 2022 | 6:51 am GTM+7

Vietnam corporate bond market needs new lease on life

Vietnam corporate bond market needs new lease on life

Vietnam’s emerging corporate bond market needs urgent stimulus to address underdevelopment and distortion.

Opinion - Wed, May 4, 2022 | 3:01 pm GTM+7

Abundant real estate opportunities surround HCMC

Abundant real estate opportunities surround HCMC

In provinces neighboring Ho Chi Minh City, legal proceedings for projects are settled in 1.5 to two years, whereas in the city, it takes four to five years.

Opinion - Wed, May 4, 2022 | 7:08 am GTM+7