January 9, 2012
 Street vendors ply their goods in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. The Asian Development Bank has lowered Vietnam’s economic growth forecast in 2012 to 6.3 percent from 6.5 percent forecast last September. With the world economy remaining mired in difficulty, the Asian Development Bank forecasts a difficult year ahead for Vietnam. However, it [...]
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November 14, 2011
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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November 22, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Many foreigners investing in Vietnamese securities are being deprived of shareholder rights. Too many foreign investors have been left out in the cold during shareholder meetings LookAtVietnam – Many foreigners investing in Vietnamese securities are being deprived of shareholder rights. Language and legal barriers and being left on the sidelines at annual shareholder [...]
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June 19, 2009
PetroVietnam’s revenue down with world prices; Energy exhibition opens in Hanoi; US company provides supplies for Vung Ang I power plant; Accountants urge firm governance The Viet Nam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) reported a revenue of just VND95.5 trillion (US$5.3 billion) in the first five months of this year, 21 per cent lower [...]
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May 15, 2009
Vietnam joins regional countries to set up shrimp alliance; Bank joins housing company to develop property; Retail sector tops private equity poll for investors Representatives of four seafood associations from Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand and China have released a multilateral statement on measures designed to boost cooperation and the consideration of setting up an alliance for [...]
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May 13, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Retail continues to be the most attractive industry in Vietnam in terms of investment and outlook as indicated in a survey that Grant Thornton Vietnam released on Monday. Retail continues to be the most attractive industry in Vietnam in terms of investment. (Photo: VNS)Up to 70% of the 169 respondents ranked retail as [...]
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April 14, 2009
VietNamNet Bridge – 22.02% of companies listed on the Hanoi bourse and 38.82% of listed companies on the HCM City bourse have reportedly not made financial reports for Q4 2008. The 2009 listed companies’ conference in HCM City several days ago heard that by March 31, 2009, 72 of 177 companies, or 41% of companies [...]
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