Le Viêt Nam, aujourd'hui

Vietnam's new inflation target might be overly ambitious thanks to a highly inflationary first four months and a continuing pickup in economic activity.

HANOI—Vietnam on Friday announced a 12.3% increase to the minimum wage for public servants and employees of state-owned enterprises, stoking concerns that the economy risks overheating as inflation spirals toward double digits.

Hanoi - Vietnamese economists on Friday endorsed the State Bank's decision not to raise the prime interest rate in March despite rising inflation.

Vietnam's inflation will likely accelerate until February, the country's finance ministry said, citing stronger consumer and industrial demand.

It is highly unlikely that inflation will surge this year as the world economy is still unstable and government measures have spurred production and curbed price hikes, a local official said.

L'inflation vietnamienne s'est élevée à 7,64% sur les neuf premiers mois de l'année comparé à la même période de l'an passé, selon des estimations publiées jeudi par le bureau des statistiques du gouvernement (GSO).

HANOI - Vietnam's inflation rate eased to 2 percent in August from 3.3 percent in July, thanks to falling food prices and transportation and telecommunication costs, according to government figures on Wednesday.

Vietnam's widening budget deficit may lower investor confidence, according to agencies and countries that provide the country with grants and low-interest loans.

Vietnamese inflation slowed in April for an eighth month, reaching the lowest level since September 2007 as food prices rose at a slower pace and transport costs tumbled.

Le taux d'inflation du Vietnam, qui avoisinait les 23% l'année dernière, pourrait chuter à 6% cette année, alors que la crise économique mondiale touche la demande, a déclaré lundi le Premier ministre Nguyen Tan Dung.

L'inflation vietnamienne, qui a flambé à 23% en 2008, s'est élevée à 14,47% au premier trimestre 2009 comparé à la même période de l'an passé, a indiqué mardi le bureau des statistiques du gouvernement (GSO).

Les promesses d'investissements directs étrangers (IDE) ont tripplé en 2008 au Vietnam, à 64 milliards de dollars (45,7 mds EUR) contre 20,3 mds USD (14,5 mds EUR) en 2007, a annoncé vendredi le gouvernement. Le flot d'IDE au Vietnam, membre de l'Organisation mondiale du Commerce (OMC) depuis 2007, n'a cessé de croître ces dernières années.

Vietnam may lower business taxes and cut interest rates on consumer loans to help companies weather the global financial crisis, government officials said on Monday.

HANOI — Declining global oil and commodity prices slowed Vietnam's inflation for a third month in November but the rate remains one of the highest in Asia.