Vietnam has issued a new policy to promote the development of solar power projects, commonly known as Decision 13, effective 22 May 2020. While this ends ten months of policy uncertainty, the new feed-in tariffs (FiTs) will only be able to...

China's fixed Renminbi rate has depreciated 0.7% in the last month, 2.6% ytd, 3.3% in the last year, 8% in the last 5 years.Related readingGeopolitics after Covid-19: US-China cold war, fragmented EU and GCCChina and Hong Kong: 'One country,...

Four Biden versus Trump foreign policy contrasts - multilateralism, trade, Iran, climate: all would be positive shifts for emerging market investorsThere appears to be very little difference between Biden, Trump and the US Congress on the description...

In this report, we discuss further the State Bank of Vietnam’s (SBV) guidance for banks with updates from a recent meeting between the government and the public on 9 May. This is a follow-up on our report on the impact of Covid-19 on banks...

In this special report, we focus on government intervention policies implemented by Vietnam in response to the Covid-19 outbreak and compare it to policies during the global financial crisis as well as to current polices in place in other regional As...

We think the Vietnam digital payments landscape is set for a period of rapid change, for the following reasons: 1. Most transactions are still conducted via cash, but digital payments technology is evolving rapidly, and the government is also pr...