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Vietnam banks look to small savings for stable funding 

January 18, 2012
Vietnam banks look to small savings for stable funding 

Many lenders in Vietnam are trying to attract individual clients Many banks in Vietnam are targeting retail savings as large but short-term deposits from corporate clients prove to be a volatile funding source. Bankers said while term deposits from individual customers are usually small, they make up a stable source of capital for banks. On [...]

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Vietnam stock traders at risk as brokerages struggle 

December 16, 2011
Vietnam stock traders at risk as brokerages struggle 

Investors at SME Securities Corp. Many stock investors are facing the risk of losing all their money as securities companies — after illegally using funds deposited by clients — are stuck in liquidity problems. Economist Dinh The Hien said a lot of stock brokerages have acted like small banks. Although they are not allowed to, [...]

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Don’t be too hopeful, stock investors told 

December 5, 2011
Don’t be too hopeful, stock investors told 

  Slowing inflation and talk of financial reforms have not boosted market sentiment as expected, and analysts are predicting the worst will not be over any time soon. Phan Dung Khanh, research manager at Kim Eng Vietnam Securities Co., said the stock market may move sideways or only recover slightly next year. Macroeconomic measures taken [...]

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ANZ Bank seeks tenfold increase in wealthy Vietnamese clients 

October 19, 2011
ANZ Bank seeks tenfold increase in wealthy Vietnamese clients 

  Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd., which aims to get 30 percent of its revenue from the Asia-Pacific area by 2017, plans to increase its number of wealthy clients in Vietnam to 10,000 from 1,000 in three years. The Melbourne-based Bank plans in the next two to three months to double the number [...]

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UBS alleges rogue trader cost it $2bn 

September 15, 2011
UBS alleges rogue trader cost it $2bn 

A UBS branch is pictured in central London, on September 15. Swiss banking giant UBS said Thursday it had lost $2.0 billion (1.46 billion euros) through unauthorized trading, after London police arrested a man suspected of committing the massive fraud. The man, arrested before dawn in central London on “suspicion of fraud by abuse of [...]

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Vietnam to start alumina production in Nov: Vinacomin 

September 9, 2011
Vietnam to start alumina production in Nov: Vinacomin 

  Vietnam’s first alumina refinery would start producing in November, after several delays, and sell an expected 50,000 tons this year directly to clients without any tenders, the company operating the plant said on Friday. Alumina output at the $460 million Tan Rai plant would rise to 350,000 tons next year, around half its projected [...]

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Madoff: ‘I made a lot of money’ for victims 

March 1, 2011
Madoff: ‘I made a lot of money’ for victims 

Bernard Madoff arrives at Manhattan Federal court in 2009. Bernard Madoff, in prison for the biggest pyramid scheme fraud in Wall Street history, says that in reality he made a lot of people rich and that he suffered alone. In a lengthy telephone interview from prison to New York Magazine, the man widely described in [...]

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Southern gardeners miss out on Tet tree profits

January 26, 2010
Southern gardeners miss out on Tet tree profits

LookAtVietnam – While kumquat and peach gardeners in the north are happy because they can be sure of a prosperous Tet sale season, gardeners in the south are more concerned. Kumquat and peach trees are on show in the homes of most Hanoians on Tet days, while southern people prefer to decorate their homes with [...]

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Head-hunters target securities brokers

January 21, 2010
Head-hunters target securities brokers

VietNamNet Bridge – Many securities companies are head-hunting to improve their competitiveness and weaken their rivals.   Who’s hunting? After a two or three month probation period, working with no pay, a novice securities officer would receive 3-4 million dong monthly salary. Meanwhile, the incomes of head officers are ten times higher. According to Dau Tu Chung [...]

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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...