Posts Tagged ‘ 65 Percent ’

Eximbank says H1 net profit up 79 pct y/y 

July 26, 2011
Eximbank says H1 net profit up 79 pct y/y 

  Eximbank of Vietnam said on Tuesday its net profit in the first half rose 78.9 percent from a year earlier to VND1.27 trillion (US$61.8 million). Ho Chi Minh City-based Eximbank said in a financial statement that total assets as of the end of June rose nearly 9 percent from the end of 2010 to [...]

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Mechanical industries yet to “grow up”

January 29, 2010
Mechanical industries yet to “grow up”

LookAtVietnam – Vietnam’s mechanics industry has not made any measureable progress and has been compared by experts to the son that never grew up. Industry behind The business began in 1991 with just a machine producing instant noodles and now Lituda manufactures a wide range of products, including about 100 different machinery parts and accessories. Lituda Director [...]

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BUSINESS IN BRIEF 23/1

January 23, 2010
BUSINESS IN BRIEF 23/1

New luxury tax for alcohol; Metro Cash & Carry to open 12th center in Vietnam; Local textile, garment firms cooperate to boost expansion    Beer and other alcoholic drinks will face a special consumption tax of 45 percent until the end of 2012, the General Department of Taxation has said.   According to a note sent by [...]

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Sapporo shuns China for North America, Vietnam

January 7, 2010
Sapporo shuns China for North America, Vietnam

Sapporo Holdings Ltd., Japan’s fourth-largest brewer, will focus on expansion in North America and Southeast Asia, where returns on investment will be greater than in China, Chief Executive Officer Takao Murakami said. “Competition in China is intensifying, and everyone seems to be having a hard time boosting profits,” Murakami, 64, said in Tokyo Wednesday. “We [...]

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Vietnam sugar output drops 20 percent, pushing prices up

September 10, 2009
Vietnam sugar output drops 20 percent, pushing prices up

A sugar shop at a market in Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam obtained just 995,000 tons of sugar from the 2008-09 crop, 20 percent lower than the previous one, due to shrinking sugarcane area in the country. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said the total sugarcane area for the 2008-09 crop that just [...]

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Deposit interest rates rising again

July 30, 2009
Deposit interest rates rising again

After a short interruption of three weeks, deposit interest rates are now increasing again. Nearly ten banks have pushed interest rates up to levels higher than in early July and launched attractive promotion campaigns to attract more deposits. HD Bank, for example, has applied new interest rates since July 27 with the highest interest rate [...]

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BUSINESS IN BRIEF 27/7

July 27, 2009
BUSINESS IN BRIEF 27/7

Foreign debt at 29.8 percent GDP in 2008; Cambodian, Vietnamese airline begins operations; Rubber set to bounce back as demand rises; Shrimp exports show recovery sign  Vietnam’s foreign debt stood at 29.8 percent of its gross domestic product in 2008, down from 32.5 percent in 2007, according to the latest finance ministry figures. Of the [...]

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Farmers’ increased holdings sees Delta rice farming develop

June 28, 2009
Farmers’ increased holdings sees Delta rice farming develop

LookAtVietnam – Together with the strong growth in rice output, increasing land acquisition by farmers in the Mekong Delta has helped boost agriculture, the Southern Institute of Social Sciences said.   A rice field in the Mekong Delta, where acquisition of land by farmers has shot up in recent years, giving a shot in the arm [...]

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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...