Pedestrians and traffic pass down a street decorated with national flags in Hanoi, Vietnam. “It’s a fundamental change,” said Dang Quyet Tien, deputy head of the finance ministry’s corporate-finance department. In some cases, financial statements will be required quarterly, he said. . State-owned companies will be required to publish information including sales, profit, losses, debt, return on assets, return on equity, cash flow and salary ranges, he said. Photographer: Justin Mott/Bloomberg