This paper describes the findings from an application of a diagnostic tool to support governments and development partners that are seeking to mobilise private finance for climate-compatible development.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has stressed that the general target for the 2016 socio-economic development plan is ensuring macroeconomic stability and striving for a higher economic growth over the previous five years.

The Government has projected the State budget could lose around VND63 trillion this year due to the world oil price plunge.

As of September, bad debt in the banking system had dropped to 2.9%, a steep fall from 17.43% recorded in the same month in 2012, according to a Government report sent to the National Assembly (NA).

The country's gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 6.81 per cent in the third quarter and by 6.5 per cent in the first nine months of this year, reported Nguyen Anh Duong, deputy head of the macro-economic policy section of the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) in Ha Noi yesterday.

Vietnam is one of Asia’s unexplored markets in terms of the compelling potential in e-commerce. The country’s e-commerce market growth is expected to be led by online retail market followed by demand for travel and entertainment services online, according to a report by Indian-based Ken Research.

According to e-Government Development Index - EGDI of the United Nations (UN) in 2014, Viet Nam was ranked 99th in the world (down 16 places against 2012) and stood at the 5th position in ASEAN bloc behind Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei and the Philippines.

The competitiveness index in terms of infrastructure development has made 9 steps forward from 76 in 2014 to 67 this year, according to a recent report released by the World Economic Forum.

Nghị định 96 vừa được Chính phủ ban hành đã yêu cầu UBND cấp tỉnh phải xây dựng hệ thống theo dõi, giám sát doanh nghiệp một cách chủ động và trên cơ sở nguyên tắc quản lý rủi ro. Nhà nước không còn là cơ quan duy nhất trong việc theo dõi và giám sát doanh nghiệp.

Loại trừ các diễn biến mang tính mùa vụ, GDP quý III đã vượt lên xu thế trung hạn. Đây là chuyển biến đáng kể so với 2 quý trước đó.