Vietnam Economy
Two Price Hikes in Two Days: Vietnam's Fuel Prices Surge 30% as Diesel Breaks VND 30,000
The Strait of Hormuz blockade reaches Vietnam's gas stations — fuel prices jumped twice in two days, with diesel breaking VND 30,000 per liter.
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Vietnam's First Billion-Dollar IPO of 2026: Điện Máy Xanh Spins Off, and Every Dong Raised Goes Back to Pay Parent's Debt
MWG is spinning off Vietnam's biggest consumer electronics chain, Điện Máy Xanh, at a near-USD 4 billion valuation — but all proceeds repay the parent's short-term debt, and retail investors get a free float of under 15%.
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Hanoi's Empty Storefronts: Rents Have Dropped Up to 37% From 2025 Peaks and Still No One Is Renting
More than 30 empty storefronts on one stretch of Hanoi's Kim Mã street. Rents in some wards down 37% from 2025 peaks. And landlords still can't find tenants. The reason is structural, not seasonal.
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Vietnam's Household Business Overhaul: Three Decrees Rolling Out in H1 2026
Roughly 2.56 million households exempted from tax; mandatory e-invoicing above the threshold; a 12-year-old union fee finally tied to social insurance. Vietnam's three new decrees are rolling out across the first half of 2026.
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Vietnam Will Start Paying Women to Have Babies in 2027. Here Are the Five Pressures Behind the U-Turn
When Vietnam introduced its two-child policy in 1988, the country's fertility rate was still above 4. Almost 40 years later, the same government is about to start paying women to have babies.
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VinFast Sells Its Vietnam Manufacturing Business: The Buyers Are All Tied to Vượng, and the Debt Goes With It
The company calls it selling the factory and going asset-light. But look closer — who is buying, and where does the debt go?
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Vietnam Ranks Among the World's Ten Least Affordable Housing Markets
Vietnam has climbed into Numbeo's global top ten for unaffordable housing. Buying a home now takes over 30 years of income, and homes are drifting away from wages.
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Vietnam's 'Vingroup-ization': When One Conglomerate Makes Up 40% of the VN30
The VN-Index hit 1,900. But does that number still represent Vietnam's economy?
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Pham Nhat Vuong Surpasses Jack Ma: Net Worth Jumps $2.9B in One Day, World's 65th Richest
At noon on April 23, Pham Nhat Vuong's net worth reached $34.9 billion, up $2.9 billion in one day. He is now Forbes' 65th richest person and Southeast Asia's wealthiest. When Forbes first recognized him in 2013, he was worth $1.5 billion and ranked 974th.
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Vietnam's $40 Billion Gold Vault: A Cross-Section of a Fractured Financial System
Vietnamese households quietly hold 400-500 tonnes of gold — roughly $35-40 billion, close to 8% of GDP. Hanoi wants to mobilize it. The hard part was never the technology.
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Vietnam's $680-per-Tael Gold Premium: The SJC Monopoly Is Gone, but the Price Gap Isn't
On April 17, 2026, SJC gold bars in Vietnam traded at 18 million VND per tael above world prices — roughly US$680, or NT$20,000. The 13-year monopoly was officially ended in October 2025. Six months later, the premium is still here. Why?
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Vietnam's First Cross-Region High-Speed Rail Breaks Ground — VinSpeed's Under-a-Year Blitz
VinSpeed broke ground on Vietnam's first cross-region high-speed rail — 120 km, $5.6 billion, 2028 operation. The real story isn't the speed. It's where the stations are.