The inability to get loans without collateral is one of the main hurdles to doing business for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) during difficult economic situations.

The domestic rental market had a bright start in 2022, although it began to decline in the second quarter, according to batdongsan.com.vn, Vietnam's leading real estate trading website.

The market witnessed strong buying interest last week and analysts from many securities firms expect indices to continue to hit new highs, but have warned investors to be cautious.

The State Treasury of Vietnam has raised a total of 96.251 trillion VND (4.13 billion USD) via auctions of Government bonds at the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) since the beginning of this year.

The Vietnamese Government will create the most possible conditions for investors from the Netherlands to do business in Vietnam, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

The Republic of Korea will provide a loan of one billion USD for the Philippines to develop infrastructure, according to Yonhap news agency.

Banking assets by the end of 2015 rose 12.35 percent year-on-year to more than 7,319 trillion VND (332 billion USD) thanks to the improved business performance of most of the credit institutions.

Vietnamese shares fell on both local bourses on January 28 as investors worried that a possible US central bank interest rate hike in March could help weaken the local currency.

The Philippines’ inflation rate was reported at 1.4 percent in 2015, lower than the forecast 2 to 4 percent for the whole year, said the country’s central bank BSP.

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