VietNamNet Bridge – Drought in the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) region has seriously affected farming and the lives of local residents in the region.

 VietNamNet Bridge - To have enough capital to invest in traffic works and to prevent flooding in the next three years, Ho Chi Minh City has proposed borrowing $1.5 billion of soft loans from the World Bank.

 Central bank pledges $2b in soft loans; January surplus tops 2013 figure; Sugar industry has huge stockpile; Nine cement projects removed from plans; Investors withdraw from IPs; Work to begin on $2.5b thermal plant

VietNamNet Bridge – The State Bank of Vietnam has issued a circular on providing low-interest loans to support the housing segment in line with Resolution 02/NQ-CP, under which as much as 30% or VND9 trillion of a credit line