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Global investors want one billion dollars of bonds

January 23, 2010
Global investors want one billion dollars of bonds

LookAtVietnam – Global investors have registered to purchase more than one billion dollars worth of Vietnam Government bonds. Thoi Bao Kinh Te Vietnam newspaper has quoted its own sources as saying that the volume of bonds global investors have registered to purchase has exceeded one billion dollars which is the amount Vietnam has up for [...]

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Vietnam delays pricing of debt sale, investors say

January 22, 2010

Vietnam’s government delayed the pricing of a US$1 billion sale of 10-year dollar bonds until early next week because of volatility in global markets, three investors briefed by bankers arranging the sale said. The fund managers, who asked not to be identified, said they had been sent a message by underwriters. Barclays Capital Plc, Citigroup [...]

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Vietnam sets 7 pct coupon limit for $1 billion debt sale

January 19, 2010
Vietnam sets 7 pct coupon limit for $1 billion debt sale

Vietnam plans to sell US$1 billion of dollar-denominated 10-year bonds at a coupon of not more than 7 percent as early as this week, the central bank said. The Finance Ministry will determine an appropriate time for the issuance “as long as the interest rate for the 10-year bonds doesn’t exceed 7 percent per year,” [...]

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Vietnam to sell $1 billion of 10-year debt next week

January 15, 2010
Vietnam to sell $1 billion of 10-year debt next week

Vietnam will start marketing a sale of $1 billion of 10-year bonds in US dollars from Jan. 18, according a person familiar with the matter. The government hired Barclays Capital, Citigroup Inc. and Deutsche Bank AG to manage the offering, said the person, who declined to be identified before a public announcement. It announced plans [...]

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Don’t write off the dollar

January 9, 2010
Don’t write off the dollar

A young woman at a jewelry shop where people can also exchange money on a street in Hanoi What is the impact of a declining dollar? Has the economic crisis really come to an end? Can we expect a new global economic order? Thanh Nien Weekly asks Jonathan Larsen, head of Consumer Banking and Global [...]

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First Vietnam ETF traded in US advances in debut

August 17, 2009
First Vietnam ETF traded in US advances in debut

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Vietnam’s first exchange-traded fund listed in the US stock market rose in debut trading as foreign investors sought to tap into a rally that has made the VNindex the eighth-best performer in the world. The Market Vectors Vietnam ETF rose 4.1 percent to US$26.02 [...]

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Emerging-market stocks tumble into correction; yen strengthens

June 24, 2009

Stocks of developing nations fell, dragging the MSCI Emerging Markets Index down 10 percent from its 2009 peak on concern the recovery will be weaker than economists forecast. The emerging-markets index of 22 countries lost 1.9 percent at 12:28 a.m. in London, after earlier extending its tumble since June 1 to 10.4 percent. Russian stocks, [...]

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Asia central banks may curb currency gains, HSBC says

May 23, 2009

Asian central banks will temper gains in their currencies and boost foreign-exchange reserves until more convincing signs of a global recovery emerge, according to HSBC Holdings Plc. The Bloomberg-JPMorgan Asia Dollar Index, which tracks the 10 most-active regional currencies against the greenback, is set to post a third monthly gain, threatening to prolong a collapse [...]

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KPMG says Vietnam still prospective for FDI

April 16, 2009
KPMG says Vietnam still prospective for FDI

LookAtVietnam – The international consulting group KPMG has highlighted Vietnam as a prospective destination for foreign direct investment (FDI) from developed countries in a large swathe of business areas despite the slump worldwide. A man works on a refrigerator production line at Tatung Co. Ltd. in My Phuoc Industrial Park in the southern province of [...]

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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...