Việt Nam, Singapore strengthen cooperation in capital market, digital asset regulation

Thursday, Mar 13, 2025

The State Securities Commission of Việt Nam (SSC) and Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have announced a partnership aimed at enhancing the integrity and stability of their capital markets.

Draft decree on DPPA completed and under review

Friday, May 03, 2024

Direct power purchase through the national grid will also help prevent the complicatedness in management and will not require huge investment in the infrastructure system.

Regulatory sandbox to be developed for three fintech solutions only

Tuesday, Mar 19, 2024

In the latest draft, the regulatory sandbox will be developed for three fintech solutions, including credit scoring, open application programming interface (API) and P2P lending.

Interest rate cut: important but certainly not a panacea

Tuesday, Jul 04, 2023

Analyst’s Pick: With both external and internal conditions favourable for the interest rate cut, it is possible that the central bank will continue further easing its monetary policy.

Regulatory sandbox still absent in Viet Nam

Saturday, Apr 16, 2022

A regulatory sandbox is still absent in Viet Nam, although this concept has been talked about for years.

MoIT scraps single power price proposal

Thursday, Aug 20, 2020

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has decided to cancel plans for a single price model to calculate power tariffs after receiving feedback from relevant ministries and experts.  

Central bank plans to pilot fintech regulatory sandbox

Saturday, Jun 06, 2020

The State Bank of Viet Nam is planning to pilot a regulatory sandbox which would allow fintech companies to participate in providing some banking services starting from 2021.

No electricity price hikes this year

Monday, Mar 23, 2020

There are no plans to increase electricity prices this year, according to the Electricity Regulatory Authority of Viet Nam.

Overlapped regulations key issue to SOE performances: State capital commission

Thursday, Mar 05, 2020

Regulatory overlapping is the biggest problem at State-owned enterprises after having been handed over to the Commission for the Management of State Capital at Enterprises.

Viet Nam to create mechanisms to attract smart grid investment

Friday, Nov 22, 2019

Local electricity officials, related firms and international experts discussed a suitable legal framework to develop a smart grid and electricity system in Viet Nam in Ha Noi on November 21.

Sacombank speeds up Basel II roadmap with risk regulation project

Saturday, Jul 06, 2019

Sacombank and PwC (Vietnam) Limited on July 5 signed a deal and began the "Enhancement of valuation model and development of market risk regulatory capital charged model” project.

Electricity prices rise 8.36% to cover production cost

Thursday, Mar 21, 2019

The average retail price for power was raised by 8.36 per cent on Wednesday, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

Viettel sets scorching pace in Peru telecom sector

Wednesday, Oct 03, 2018

Peru’s Telecommunications Regulatory Agency announced that at the end of the second quarter Bitel had 5.1 million subscribers equivalent to a market share of 13.5 per cent.

Viet Nam: it’s time to make regulations strong and effective

Tuesday, Oct 02, 2018

Viet Nam has made great efforts in fine-tuning its regulatory system and reaped certain successes in recent years. This is, however, not yet finished but now is the right time to speed up this reform to make regulations strong and...

Viettel grabs 10 per cent market share in Tanzania

Saturday, Mar 17, 2018

The Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority has reported that Halotel, Viettel’s subsidiary, has achieved a 10 per cent of market share equivalent to 3.8 million subscribers within just two years of inception.