Finance ministry wants to ease casino investment conditions

Plunging oil prices have taken their toll on the government's coffers.

With the country hitting middle-income status, overseas credit is drying up.

Vietnam's government spent $2.3 billion to pay back foreign debts in the first four months of this year, a report by the Finance Ministry showed.

The government’s National Financial Supervisory Commission (NFSC), which oversees financial and monetary policies, will develop a realiable database on the financial market and better monitor capital flows between credit institutions, securities companies and insurance businesses, said Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue on Monday.