Econsignal Country Brief

{
  "currency_outlook": {
    "bias": "Mild depreciation pressure",
    "currency": "VND",
    "driver": "USD strength + current account surplus provides support; SBV actively manages band"
  },
  "investment_thesis": "Vietnam is the clearest China+1 beneficiary in Southeast Asia. Electronics and apparel exports growing 15%+ annually. Key risk: power supply constraints limiting factory capacity.",
  "key_risks": [
    "Power shortage — grid capacity 20% below peak industrial demand",
    "Slowdown in China (key export market)",
    "Wage inflation eroding cost advantage over 5-year horizon"
  ],
  "macro_snapshot": {
    "credit_rating": {
      "fitch": "BB+",
      "moodys": "Ba2",
      "sp": "BB+"
    },
    "current_account_pct_gdp": 4.5,
    "fx_reserves_months_import": 3.4,
    "gdp_growth_2024_pct": 7.1,
    "gdp_usd_bn": 430,
    "gov_debt_pct_gdp": 38,
    "inflation_2024_pct": 3.6
  },
  "opportunity_score": {
    "max": 100,
    "rating": "Strong Buy",
    "score": 74
  },
  "political_risk": {
    "note": "VCP maintains firm control; anti-corruption campaign creates business uncertainty but improves governance",
    "rating": "Low-Moderate"
  },
  "query_summary": {
    "country": "Vietnam",
    "focus": "investment",
    "iso2": "VN",
    "iso3": "VNM"
  },
  "structural_strengths": [
    "Manufacturing hub — Samsung, Apple, Intel all producing in Vietnam",
    "Young demographics (median age 31)",
    "China+1 FDI beneficiary — $36B FDI in 2024",
    "Political stability under single-party system"
  ],
  "structural_weaknesses": [
    "Infrastructure gaps in power and logistics",
    "Underdeveloped capital markets",
    "Limited domestic consumption vs exports",
    "Aging population acceleration post-2035"
  ]
}

# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i 'https://econsignalpulse.theaslangroupllc.com/api/econsignal/country-brief?country=Vietnam&focus=all&lang=en'

# x402 v2 sends the challenge base64-encoded in the PAYMENT-REQUIRED header (v1 sends it in the body).
# To read the header:
curl -sS -g -o /dev/null -D - 'https://econsignalpulse.theaslangroupllc.com/api/econsignal/country-brief?country=Vietnam&focus=all&lang=en' \
  | grep -i '^payment-required:' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r' | base64 --decode

// npm i @x402/fetch @x402/evm viem
import { wrapFetchWithPayment, x402Client } from "@x402/fetch";
import { registerExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/client";
import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";

// Pays at most $0.25 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.25" });
registerExactEvmScheme(client, { signer: privateKeyToAccount(process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY) });
const pay = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, client);

// Not sure it's safe to pay? ToolVet checks it first for $0.005. Pay for that from a separate
// client: this one is capped at $0.25 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Feconsignalpulse.theaslangroupllc.com%2Fapi%2Feconsignal%2Fcountry-brief
const res = await pay("https://econsignalpulse.theaslangroupllc.com/api/econsignal/country-brief?country=Vietnam&focus=all&lang=en");
console.log(res.status, await res.text());

# pip install "x402[requests,evm]"
import os
from eth_account import Account
from x402 import x402ClientSync
from x402.http.clients import x402_requests
from x402.mechanisms.evm import EthAccountSigner
from x402.mechanisms.evm.exact.register import register_exact_evm_client

# Pays at most $0.25 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.25"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))

with x402_requests(client) as session:
    res = session.get("https://econsignalpulse.theaslangroupllc.com/api/econsignal/country-brief?country=Vietnam&focus=all&lang=en")
    print(res.status_code, res.text)