Posts Tagged ‘ disbursed ’

Better FDI, not just more, should focus on tech-transfer 

September 20, 2011
Better FDI, not just more, should focus on tech-transfer 

  Honda motorcycles are prepared for delivery to customers in downtown Hanoi. Honda is among the foreign investors who are continuing to increase investment in Vietnam. Job generation should not be focus of foreign direct investment (FDI), Nguyen Mai, former vice chairman of the State Commission for Cooperation and Investment, tells Thanh Nien Weekly in [...]

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Subsidised loans total $21.8 billion

December 10, 2009
Subsidised loans total $21.8 billion

The nation’s banks have so far disbursed VND414.08 trillion worth of Government-subsidised preferential loans at a 4% interest rate since the programme started. Private commercial banks disbursed VND108.47 trillion worth of loans under the programme, up 0.58%, while foreign-invested banks and joint-venture banks loaned another VND20.4 trillion, up 1.83%.By the end of last week, total [...]

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Cup half full or empty?

September 13, 2009
Cup half full or empty?

LookAtVietnam – Animated debate has begun between economic experts over any decision to introduce a second interest rate subsidy package to prop up the economy. A raft of local enterprises have benefited from the interest rate assistance.LookAtVietnam – Animated debate has begun between economic experts over any decision to introduce a second interest rate subsidy [...]

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FDI in search of sunlight

September 3, 2009
FDI in search of sunlight

LookAtVietnam – The Ministry of Planning and Investment is searching for the best scenarios for the country’s FDI.   LookAtVietnam – The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) is searching for the best scenarios for the country’s foreign direct investments (FDI), on the back of international analysts’ predictions that a rebound could be postponed until 2011.  During [...]

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A cautious outlook to cool hot FDI targets

August 30, 2009
A cautious outlook to cool hot FDI targets

More realistic FDI forecasts will help engineer a healthier investment climate.  LookAtVietnam – Vietnam will make cautious foreign direct investment forecasts until the end of next year on the back of international analysts’ predictions that a rebound could be postponed until 2011.  Initial forecasts, which were made at a Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) [...]

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Build infrastructure, cut paperwork, experts tell HCMC

June 28, 2009
Build infrastructure, cut paperwork, experts tell HCMC

Electrical engineers work on a power-supply project in Ho Chi Minh City in 2006. Foreign business leaders Saturday called on the Ho Chi Minh City government to improve infrastructure and expedite administrative reform to attract more foreign investment in Vietnam’s economic hub. Speaking at a conference reviewing foreign direct investment (FDI) in the city over [...]

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Medium- and long-term interest rate subsidy programme going slowly

June 12, 2009
Medium- and long-term interest rate subsidy programme going slowly

VietNamNet Bridge – While disbursement under the short-term interest rate subsidy programme has been very successful with a high volume of capital loaned, the medium- and long-term interest rate subsidy programme has been going very slowly. Statistics show that 331,906 billion dong has been disbursed under the short-term interest rate subsidy programme. Meanwhile, the preferential [...]

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Donors urge Vietnam to expedite ODA disbursement

June 10, 2009
Donors urge Vietnam to expedite ODA disbursement

The construction of Bai Chay Bridge in Quang Ninh Province was completed in 2006 using official development aid from Japan. Foreign donors have urged Vietnam to speed up official development assistance (ODA) disbursement noting the country has only disbursed about 38 percent of the year’s target in the first five months. The two-day informal Consultative [...]

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BUSINESS IN BRIEF 28/5

May 28, 2009
BUSINESS IN BRIEF 28/5

 Vietnam borrows EUR100 mil for climate program; Tea exports gain in five month period; Foreign businesses poised to swoop in, domestics expand; WB plans 1.3-1.5 billion USD loan to Vietnam; Half of ODA capital disbursed in 5 months Farmers could still gain a profit of $100-200 per tonne from export tea products because production and [...]

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Businesses less interested in preferential loans

May 11, 2009
Businesses less interested in preferential loans

VietNamNet Bridge – From April 29 to May 7, commercial banks disbursed VND3,167bil worth of short-term loans under the interest rate subsidy programme, a modest increase of 1.17% over the previous week. The Government has launched two demand stimulus packages to support businessesBy May 7, the whole banking system had disbursed VND272tril worth of short-term [...]

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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...