Two waste-to-energy projects in Ho Chi Minh City have yet to be completed although work on them started in 2019 and they were expected to treat thousands of metric tons of garbage starting in 2020

Vietnam ranks 16th in the list of 21 wealthiest nations and territories across Asia, as compiled by Insider Monkey, a finance website providing free insider trading and hedge fund data to ordinary investors.

Nearly $7B raised through gov't bond auctions in five months

Dollar rises on black market

Credit flows into high-risk sectors, including securities and real estate businesses, reported the highest growth among economic sectors in Vietnam in the first two months of the year, according to the State Bank of Vietnam.

Banks have been steadily cutting deposit interest rates, which have reached around 8%, a move aimed at reducing lending rates to support businesses.

Vietnam’s central bank bought $4.9 billion from credit institutions in the first four months of this year to shore up its foreign exchange reserves, the investment minister said on Friday.