Vietnam accelerates bond market development

Government efforts to improve capital allocation speed up, with plans for global bond index inclusion, green finance and corporate credit ratings.
Nguyen Hoang Duong, Ministry of Finance
Nguyen Hoang Duong, Ministry of Finance
February 28, 2019

The world’s eyes have been firmly fixed on the geopolitics playing out in the capital Hanoi this week. But for the Vietnamese government, the main aim of hosting US president Donald Trump and his North Korean counterpart, Kim Jong Un, has been to underline how much progress the Vietnamese economy is making.

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