Vietnam refutes US move to label it a currency manipulator

Vietnam’s central bank on Thursday refuted the US Treasury’s move to designate the Southeast Asian nation a currency manipulator, saying it does not use its exchange rates “to create an unfair competitive advantage in international trade”.In a statement on its website, the the State Bank of Vietnam said Vietnam’s “exchange rate management in recent years is within its general framework of monetary policy and aims to achieve the consistent goal of controlling inflation, stabilising macroeconomy”…