Thematic Report

Only one violation and remains on the US Treasury’s currency watchlist

Government managing down inflation concerns

Overnight rates drop on excess liquidity before Tet

Foreign exchange (FX) reserves by the end of 2019 was estimated at USD80 billion – or 3.8 months of import cover

GDP is estimated at 7.03% in 2019 - the second year to witness >7% GDP

Moody’s reaffirms Vietnam’s Ba3 ratings but downgrades the outlook after completing the downgrade review begun on October 9, 2019 Lower outlook is a warning sign but not likely to be overly negative

The trade surplus in November suddenly jumped up to USD1.45 billion

FTSE upgrade prospect High potentialities in the next year

World oil prices are surging, WTI oil of the US are being traded close to the 2-month highs

PMI & IIP showed contrasting movements