The expansion, however, was well below 2024’s growth rate of 34.6%. Private placements accounted for 90.6% with 486 issuances.

Corporate bond issuance totalled 21.8 billion USD in 2025, up 11.3%.

Banks continued to be the major players, accounting for 67.7% of the total issuance value, followed by real estate firms (22.9%) and securities companies (2.9%).

2025 saw major regulatory changes aimed at improving transparency, strengthening risk control and protecting investors, including tightening conditions for both private and public bond offerings.

Viet Nam’s stock market development strategy by 2030 targets to develop corporate bond market into a key source of medium- and long-term capital raising with a total outstanding bonds equivalent to at least 25% of GDP by 2030.

With the target of double-digit growth from 2026, the capital market is playing an increasingly important role in channelling capital into the economy.

Vietnamese billionaires grow $26.7B richer in 2025

The combined net worth of Vietnam’s billionaires has increased by US$26.7 billion this year despite one out of the earlier six falling off the list.

Positive signals from import–export activities at Lao Cai border gate

On the first day of 2026, import and export activities at the Kim Thanh International Road Border Gate No. II, Lao Cai Province, were brisk, ensuring the fastest possible customs clearance.

 

Bac Ninh targets completion of 20,000 social housing units in 2026

BAC NINH - Bac Ninh province aims to complete 20,000 social housing units in 2026 as part of the national programme to develop at least 1 million social homes for low-income earners and industrial park workers in the 2021–2030 period, according to the provincial Department of Construction.

Fruit, vegetable exports post successive breakthroughs

If market discipline is maintained, key produce such as durian, banana, pomelo and coconut are developed under closed value chains, and existing export protocols are effectively utilised, fruit and vegetable export turnover is expected to soon reach 10 billion USD in 2026.

 

Automobile sector enters new competition phase

2026 should cement trends toward greener mobility, diversified sourcing and value-driven competition, with consumers being the main winners of the transformation.

 

Vietnam targets double-digit growth in 2026 with massive investment push

The National Assembly has targeted 10% GDP growth for 2026, a goal that demands enormous capital inflows.