Articles

Vietnam’s next stage of growth requires investment in infrastructure, businesses and skills. Each commitment needs a credible source of payment, a clear allocation of risk and a plan to put the investment to productive use.

This Executive Insight follows the payment obligation through public budgets, private finance and project delivery. It shows what owners, boards and investors should establish before they commit capital.

The successor question is often settled by familiarity before the role has been defined. A family member, an internal executive and an outside chief executive can each be the right choice, but only against the demands of the next stage.

Vietnam’s gym closures have left members facing a stark question: what remains of a long-term membership when there is no convenient place to use it?

Turning confidence into productive capital

How does stronger confidence in Vietnam become financing that companies can actually use? This Executive Insight examines the conditions between a sovereign rating announcement and an executable investment decision.

What do bad-loan figures reveal about Vietnamese companies, and how should banks and borrowers respond?

Headline NPL ratios can move because borrower economics change, but also because recognition, credit growth and resolution practices change. Reading the ratio without those distinctions can produce the wrong management decision.