Markets used to cheer when China’s exports rose, believing this showed the global economy was in good shape. They are still hopeful today, despite the 25 per cent fall in February’s exports. But closer analysis of China’s important refining and petrochemical sector shows that a paradigm shift is under way. SEE MORE VCB Securities believes that the bad-debt ratio of the national economy may be as high as 11.02 percent. SEE MORE Analysts have reacted to gold prices in Vietnam dipping below global rates for the first time in nearly five years, saying it indicates that the precious metal is no longer a safe haven asset in the country. SEE MORE Vietnam's public debt is inching up closer to safety limits after its gross domestic product is revised down slightly in an unexpected move. SEE MORE Viet Nam has challenges to tackle if it wants to achieve economic targets and deeply integrate into the world's economy in the context of new trade agreements. SEE MORE