Vietnam Today

The discussion on the draft amendment to the Electricity Law saw National Assembly deputies focusing on proposing special mechanisms for biomass energy, improving the legal framework for rooftop solar power, and risk-sharing mechanisms for offshore wind power, aiming to resolve bottlenecks and ensure national energy security.

Many businesses have reported receiving loan interest rate reductions ranging from 0.5 to 1.5 percentage points, saving them hundreds of millions of VND each month.

Transport sector making the biggest contribution to the overall CPI increase, driven by petrol price hike.

This marking the highest level recorded since 2009.

Vietnam’s industrial production maintained positive growth momentum in the first ten months of 2026, with the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) rising 12.4 percent compared to the same period last year - marking a record high for the corresponding period of the 2019-2026 period.

Among the ten Asian currencies surveyed, the Vietnamese dong ranked third, behind the South Korean won and the Chinese yuan.