Vietnam's economic troubles have deepened as its sovereign credit rating has been lowered by a global rating agency for the second time this month.
Standard and Poor's Ratings Services announced Thursday that it was lowering Vietnam's long-term rating by one notch to BB minus, putting it on the same level with Bangladesh and Mongolia.
Moody's Investors Service took similar action eight days ago, citing the risk of a balance-of-payments crisis and problems at the state-owned ship-building company Vinashin.
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