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Ha Long Bay boats do not have to be painted wholly white: authorities 

January 17, 2012
Ha Long Bay boats do not have to be painted wholly white: authorities 

  More than 500 tourist boats in Ha Long Bay will be decorated with white details instead of being repainted white totally to “renovate” the site’s tourism sector, the VnExpress newswire quoted a local official as saying Saturday. Vu Thi Thu Thuy, vice chairwoman of the People’s Committee in the northern province of Quang Ninh [...]

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Vietnam private sector squeezed by rising costs 

January 11, 2012
Vietnam private sector squeezed by rising costs 

   A man works at a steel factory in Que Vo District, outside Hanoi . Many companies in Vietnam are facing higher operation costs and lower profits. An annual report that ranks Vietnam’s 500 largest companies based on revenues, profit, growth rate, assets, and number of employees shows that returns are declining for private companies. [...]

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Big gap remains from Tet, New Year bonus high of $52,300 

December 30, 2011
Big gap remains from Tet, New Year bonus high of $52,300 

Garment workers are among those receiving low Tet, New Year bonuses this year   Vietnam’s highest Tet and calendar New Year bonus for an individual this year as of December 27 was paid by a foreign-invested firm in Ho Chi Minh City at more than US$52,300. The company, which is not named, paid the country’s largest [...]

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Hanoi asks businesses to pay over $190 mln in tax dues 

December 30, 2011

  Hanoi has urged businesses in the city to pay more than US$190.4 million of tax they still owe this year. Thai Dung Tien, deputy head of Hanoi Tax Department, said VND3,461 billion, or 86.5 percent of the money, is collectable while VND122 billion or 3 percent will prove difficult. The status of rest is [...]

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PM reiterates single-digit inflation target for 2012 

December 30, 2011
PM reiterates single-digit inflation target for 2012 

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung speaks at a meeting in Hanoi Thursday Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said Thursday the government would aim to reduce inflation to 9 percent and target a GDP growth of 6 percent for next year. Vietnam’s consumer price index rose 18.13 percent in 2011, according to data released by the [...]

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Hanoi asks businesses to pay over $190 mln in tax dues 

December 26, 2011

  Hanoi has urged businesses in the city to pay more than US$190.4 million of tax they still owe this year. Thai Dung Tien, deputy head of Hanoi Tax Department, said VND3,461 billion, or 86.5 percent of the money, is collectable while VND122 billion or 3 percent will prove difficult. The status of rest is [...]

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PM reiterates single-digit inflation target for 2012 

December 26, 2011
PM reiterates single-digit inflation target for 2012 

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung speaks at a meeting in Hanoi Thursday Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said Thursday the government would aim to reduce inflation to 9 percent and target a GDP growth of 6 percent for next year. Vietnam’s consumer price index rose 18.13 percent in 2011, according to data released by the [...]

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A rebellion in Naples as shops shake mafia grip 

December 23, 2011
A rebellion in Naples as shops shake mafia grip 

  Grocer Raffaele Ferrara in his shop in Pignasecca square in Naples. In the gangster-ridden streets of Naples, any word against the Camorra mafia syndicate is dangerous. The rebellion by a group of shopkeepers against extortion is unprecedented. “The fear is huge because they threaten you, your shop, your family,” said Raffaele Ferrara, a grocer [...]

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Stop chasing GDP targets, economists say 

November 15, 2011
Stop chasing GDP targets, economists say 

    Several economists are saying the government should not commit itself to any gross domestic product target, adding economic growth cannot be a forced process. Vietnam should just follow other countries and release regular economic forecasts instead, they suggest. Vu Quang Viet, who has worked with the United Nations Statistical Division, said GDP growth [...]

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Vietnam plans new reforms 

November 14, 2011
Vietnam plans new reforms 

  Workers at a ship yard of the Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group, or Vinashin. Many in Vietnam hope the government will pursue reforms that are broad enough and deep enough to fix debt-ridden state banks and rein in inefficient state enterprises (SOEs) such as Vinashin, which embarrassingly defaulted last year. After four years of economic instability, [...]

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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...