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Cracks in Vietnam rattle investors

The epicentre of investors’ pain is the Vietnamese property sector and its share of $24 billion in corporate debt, say analysts. (Photo: Tapdoanhungthinh via Wikimedia Commons)

Financial markets in Vietnam, Asia’s fastest-growing economy, are in an unsettling slide as a crackdown on property lending, a falling currency and rising interest rates heap pressure on banks and rattle confidence.

The Vietnamese dong and the benchmark stock index are heading for their worst annual performance since the 2008 financial crisis, with only the Hong Kong and Russian stock markets poised for more losses globally this year.

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