Posts Tagged ‘ 10-percent ’

Vietnam New Year shoppers defying central bank spurs inflation 

January 25, 2012
Vietnam New Year shoppers defying central bank spurs inflation 

  Consumer demand for holiday goods and transportation will grow 10 percent from last year, according to a government forecast that urged authorities to monitor and stabilize prices. Asia’s fastest inflation is the last thing on Tran Hang’s mind as she jostles fellow shoppers at a street stall in Hanoi’s Old Quarter to snap up [...]

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Vietnam raises $89.4mn via government bonds on Jan 12 

January 14, 2012
Vietnam raises $89.4mn via government bonds on Jan 12 

  Vietnam’s State Treasury raised VND1.88 trillion ($89.4 million) by selling government bonds in its first auction of the year, the Hanoi Stock Exchange said. The treasury sold the entire amount of VND1 trillion of three-year debt it offered at a yield of 12.10 percent, and raised VND880 billion via five-year debt at 12.15 percent, [...]

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I no speak English 

December 30, 2011
I no speak English 

  A foreign language class at Nong Lam University in Ho Chi Minh City Education officers admitted at a Friday conference that foreign language teaching in Vietnam has been a “failure,” as many college students cannot use the languages. Experts at the conference over a national foreign language project said that incorrect understanding of the subject has [...]

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I no speak English 

December 28, 2011
I no speak English 

  A foreign language class at Nong Lam University in Ho Chi Minh City Education officers admitted at a Friday conference that foreign language teaching in Vietnam has been a “failure,” as many college students cannot use the languages. Experts at the conference over a national foreign language project said that incorrect understanding of the subject has [...]

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Vietnam government bonds advance as inflation slows; dong gains 

December 23, 2011
Vietnam government bonds advance as inflation slows; dong gains 

  Vietnam’s two-year bonds gained Friday on speculation commercial lenders will lower interest rates after inflation slowed for a fourth month. The dong advanced. Consumer prices climbed 18.13 percent this month from a year earlier, compared with a 19.83 percent increase in November, according to data from the General Statistics Office Friday. Interest rates on [...]

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Vietnam plans to raise car registration fee in crowded metros 

November 7, 2011
Vietnam plans to raise car registration fee in crowded metros 

  Vietnam authorities are considering raising car registration fees in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to 20 percent in an attempt to reduce car imports and ease traffic.   The Ministry of Industry and Trade has sent the proposal to concerned agencies, news website VnExpress said Thursday.   Hanoi currently has car registration fee [...]

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Motorbikes are company, cars a crowd 

October 23, 2011
Motorbikes are company, cars a crowd 

A traffic jam in Hanoi. The capital city now has nearly 400,000 cars and some four million motorbikes. Cars with five to seven seats are the main instigators of traffic jams and accidents in Vietnam, according to Khuat Viet Hung, head of the Department of Transport Planning and Management at the University of Transport, who [...]

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Chinese firm booted from equipment supply contract in Vietnam 

October 15, 2011
Chinese firm booted from equipment supply contract in Vietnam 

  Unprecedented move against Chinese contractor not easy, but ‘wise’, local firm says Vietnam’s state-owned Construction Corporation No.1 has decided to end its contract with a Chinese supplier due to poor performance at a major hydropower project in the Central Highlands. Beijing IWHR Corporation was terminated from the contract to supply and install the main [...]

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Rising public debt risky for Vietnam: economist 

October 7, 2011
Rising public debt risky for Vietnam: economist 

Vietnam plans to slash 10 percent, or VND97 trillion (US$4.65 billion), of development investment this year as one of the measures taken by the government to restore economic stability. Vietnam’s public debt is rising too fast and poses a severe risk to the economy, an economist says, suggesting that the total debt might be even [...]

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Hard lessons for Vietnam as property slumps 

September 24, 2011
Hard lessons for Vietnam as property slumps 

  Workers clean the Keangnam residence tower in Hanoi September 20, 2011. Like many hoping for easy cash in Vietnam’s property market, Nguyen Thu Huong borrowed VND500 million ($24,000) from a bank in April to buy a new flat she didn’t need and planned to flip. The only question, she thought, was how big the [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...