Vietnam’s next big task is all about money

Thinking big: A vendor pushes a cart full of shoes across the street in the Old Quarter of Hanoi, Vietnam. Hanoi has set a goal of becoming a high-income nation by mid-century. — AP

FRESH from a bruising tussle with the White House over tariffs, Vietnam is confronting a different but no less delicate challenge.

The country’s Communist leaders want to develop a modern financial system that better reflects market forces – and a central bank that’s fit for the task of managing it.