IMF sounds alarm about high global public debt, urges countries to build buffers
World 12:54 16/10/2025WASHINGTON - Global public debt is projected to rise above 100% of gross domestic product by 2029, reaching its highest level since 1948 and continuing to climb, the IMF said on Wednesday, urging countries to build up buffers to guard against economic risks.
Woman captured for murdering creditor, hiding body in biogas pit in Vietnam
Vietnam News 15:18 01/02/2022She beat her creditor to death as the latter forced her to pay up the interest
Vietnamese foreign language center owes teachers’ payment for two years
Education 09:13 19/06/2021Teachers at Saigon Vina Foreign Language Center said the center has failed to pay them for nearly two years
In Vietnam, former cop agrees to repay $30k debt after creditor makes scene outside home
Vietnam News 21:35 22/08/2020They erected a tent and camped outside the residence, refusing to leave for six days straight
Public buses in Ho Chi Minh City on verge of shutdown as operators deep in debt
Vietnam News 17:13 07/07/2020The bus operators are in the red due to low demand
Vietnam ecommerce startup Leflair accused of owing $2mn in liabilities after surprise closure
Economy 14:38 03/03/2020Its website leflair.vn was inoperative as of Tuesday morning
Vietnam restaurant chain shuts down amid alleged unpaid debts
Economy 11:52 23/10/2019Several outlets of the Mon Hue restaurant chain in Vietnam have been closed while the company’s headquarters is empty of employees
Man dies after being abducted by debt collectors in Vietnam’s Central Highlands
Vietnam News 17:03 10/01/2019The victim agreed to pay off the debt some of his relatives owed to a person but ended up in death
Ho Chi Minh City police nab group of debt collectors for fatally stabbing man
Vietnam News 10:25 11/11/2018The victim picked a fight with the collectors after they pressured his mother to pay the money
Residents lose sleep over terrorizing debt collecting activities in Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam News 12:10 30/10/2018Debt collectors are willing to apply as many measures as they can think of to get the job done
Vietnamese couple, children found hanged in house
Vietnam News 14:36 21/10/2018A death note supposedly left by the wife said pressure and unbearable neighbor opinions cornered her and her husband
Vietnamese student enters college to help settle family’s debt
Education 17:26 29/08/2018‘I’ll find a job upon graduation. I’ll help you pay the debt then’
