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On May 2, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) launched the Action Plan for Healthy Oceans and Sustainable Blue Economies for the Asia and Pacific region at the 52nd ADB Annual Meeting in Fiji.

As the Vietnamese stock market has been volatile in recent months, many listed firms have given up on plans to issue shares to raise charter capital.

HOSE: Market Summary 03.05.2019

Looking at the remainder of this year and 2020, property service provider CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) Vietnam has forecast an increase in industrial supply across Vietnam, benefitting from the production shift away from China.

It is like a deafening cry when local media has an extensive coverage of abnormally higher power bills for this past month. Complaints by consumers amount to tens of thousands, with many saying their power bills for April double or triple the previous month, while the State utility Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN) says the average rise for household power charges hovers around 35%, and that the surge is normal for a longer month of scorching weather.

Vietnam’s legal framework may be three to five years late compared with the development of the digital economy, said experts at the Vietnam Private Sector Economic Forum 2019 in Hanoi on May 2.

Vietnamese shares may gain slightly in the post-holiday period as listed firms are giving a few strong clues that could boost the market’s short-term prospects.

The Ministry of Finance has released a circular to instruct State-owned enterprises (SOEs) to use book-building to sell shares owned by the State.

There has been plenty of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) action in Viet Nam in recent months and, so far, momentum does not appear to be fading – notwithstanding its relatively small size in comparison with more developed markets.