Financial measures are for both individuals and businesses affected by the earthquake to provide them with immediate relief and help them maintain their livelihoods and business operations.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has launched a programme offering low-interest loans to farmers to serve sustainable rice production in the Mekong Delta.

Saigon - Hanoi Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SHB) has just become the only Vietnamese representative to be honoured as “Bank of the Year 2020” by The Banker magazine.

Japan and Myanmar on November 8 signed low-interest loans worth a total of 42.78 billion JPY (414 million USD) to help the Southeast Asian country build road infrastructure and finance small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

The Cambodian government has decided to disburse 50 million USD through the Rural Development and Agriculture Bank (RDAB) to provide low-interest loans to support sectors of livestock and fisheries, and vegetable farming.

The Thai cabinet has approved an additional stimulus package valued at 5.8 billion baht (191 million USD) with a hope of boosting the economy to close to the country’s target of 3 percent.

Vietnam has received 80 billion USD in official development assistance (ODA) and preferential loans since 1993, becoming one of the largest ODA recipients in the world, said Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh.

The production value per hectare of land in Ho Chi Minh City reached 450 million VND (19,736 USD) last year, an increase of 10.9 percent compared to 2016, largely due to hi-tech methods, according to the city’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The Asian Development Bank has announced low-interest loans worth 1.75 billion USD to help Myanmar improve infrastructure, and promote education and rural development for 2017-2021.

Property developers have started constructing coastal projects in the central city in response to the rising prices of coastal property following the stagnant period in 2013-15.

Commercial banks in Ho Chi Minh City will focus on taking measures to provide small- and medium-sized enterprises and businesses operating in the supporting industry with low-interest loans.