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[17-03-2016] The good impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership is going to spill over to stocks of companies in other industries, not just stocks of companies in direct beneficiary sectors such as textiles, footwear and fisheries.

[17-03-2016] Viet Nam expects that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will assist Viet Nam in seeking  preferential loans to serve the national sustainable economic development process, said State President Truong Tan Sang at his reception for IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde on March 16.

[16-03-2016]Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng has approved the portfolio of a project funded by a United Nations body on development policies and strategies for the industrial sector through capacity building.

[15-03-2016] Rising demand for credit across Vietnam’s private sector is expected to drive bank loan books above the highs recorded last year. Lending from the country’s banking sector will increase by between 18 to 20 per cent this year, according to forecasts from the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), on the back of strong economic growth.

[15-03-2016] Vietnam’s participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) have set the stage for dramatic economic gains in Vietnam, once the new agreements are fully ratified and enter into force.

[15-03-2016] Singapore has become Viet Nam's leading investment partner after investing more than US$36 billion in numerous local projects, including processing, technology, manufacturing, real estate, construction, transportation, and storage.

[15-03-2016] Thai investors are increasingly investing in Viet Nam's plastic industry, with many of them keen to fully acquire the Government's stakes in companies it plans to equitise. Thai SCG Group alone has invested in 20 companies. Last year it acquired 80 per cent stakes in Tin Thanh Packing Joint Stock Company, one of the country's top manufacturers of flexible plastic packaging.

[04-03-2016] The ambassador and head of the EU Delegation to Vietnam has called on the Government and enterprises to prepare for the implementation of a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU).