Strong economic growth and demographic change are catalysing the rapid expansion of the Vietnam’s insurance sector, with premiums growing at double-digit rates and likely to do so for some years to come. Thanks to successive liberalising reforms since the 1990s, a range of foreign insurers and investors are benefitting from this growth, and...
What effects can we expect from new regulations in Vietnam, such as Decree 60?
What segment will be the main driver of growth for the Vietnamese insurance sector in 2017?
The Unlisted Public Company Market (UPCoM) on the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) is effectively a mezzanine exchange, set up to encourage unlisted firms to participate in the securities market, with a view that those on UPCoM may later transfer onto the main market. UPCoM brings a number of benefits to investors. Transactions, clearance and...
Vietnam has an exceptionally high GDP growth rate, but the prosperity has not spread across the country. GDP per capita in the two biggest cities, Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, reached $2000 in 2007 and 2010, respectively, in each case marking the first boom in real estate. Since then, GDP per capita has increased by 13% per year in both cities...
Rising public debt and persistent budget deficits are among the greatest downside risks to what is otherwise a generally robust economic outlook for Vietnam. According to official figures, public debt came in at 64.73% of GDP in 2016, just below the 65% ceiling set by the National Assembly, despite government revenues coming in 7.8% above...
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