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Vietnam to have one national stock exchange 

January 18, 2012
Vietnam to have one national stock exchange 

Vietnam now has two stock exchanges, both of which are small Vietnam will only have one stock exchange instead of two as at present under the Finance Ministry’s plans to restructure the securities market in 2012. Under a new plan approved by the ministry last week, market reforms will focus on reorganizing the country’s stock exchanges and [...]

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TPG willing to invest $1 billion in Olympus 

January 14, 2012
TPG willing to invest $1 billion in Olympus 

A disassembled Olympus camera and its parts are seen in this illustrative photograph taken in Tokyo November 24, 2011. Private equity firm TPG Capital is willing to invest about $1 billion in Japan’s Olympus Corp in a joint deal with Sony Corp or another suitor circling the scandal-hit firm, a person familiar with TPG’s thinking [...]

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Vietnam raises $89.4mn via government bonds on Jan 12 

January 14, 2012
Vietnam raises $89.4mn via government bonds on Jan 12 

  Vietnam’s State Treasury raised VND1.88 trillion ($89.4 million) by selling government bonds in its first auction of the year, the Hanoi Stock Exchange said. The treasury sold the entire amount of VND1 trillion of three-year debt it offered at a yield of 12.10 percent, and raised VND880 billion via five-year debt at 12.15 percent, [...]

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CME’s Duffy vs MF Global’s Corzine: A question of trust 

December 19, 2011
CME’s Duffy vs MF Global’s Corzine: A question of trust 

Terrence Duffy, executive chairman of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group. The drama over the meltdown of the brokerage firm MF Global pivots around a clash between two veteran traders who rose from relatively humble roots to the very top of the futures-trading business. One is Jon Corzine, the firm’s former CEO who just testified [...]

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Vietnam risks economic stability if policy eased: IMF 

December 14, 2011
Vietnam risks economic stability if policy eased: IMF 

Vietnam's inflation is expected to slow to about 9 percent in 2012 and is under control, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung told the Consultative Group. Vietnam may undermine progress toward economic stability if it loosens monetary policy now, the International Monetary Fund and World Bank said as the nation struggles with the fastest inflation in [...]

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Lawmakers worried about Vietnam’s public debt 

November 5, 2011
Lawmakers worried about Vietnam’s public debt 

  Vietnam’s public debt will probably be higher than estimated, as the Ministry of Finance has missed including in its calculations several kinds of debt related to the government, lawmakers said at the National Assembly’s meeting on Friday. According to the National Assembly’s Finance and Budget Committee, their review showed that the country’s public debt will [...]

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Vietnam’s Masan group says considering listing shares abroad 

October 29, 2011
Vietnam’s Masan group says considering listing shares abroad 

A staff worker at a Masan Mart shop, which is owned by Masan Group. Masan Group Corp., the food, banking and natural-resources company that’s the biggest stock in the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange, said it’s considering listing shares abroad. Masan may sell shares by issuing new stock, depositary receipts, convertible bonds or securities [...]

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Vietnam working on plan to merge two stock exchanges 

October 25, 2011
Vietnam working on plan to merge two stock exchanges 

  Vietnam’s State Securities Commission is working on a plan to merge the nation’s two stock exchanges, according to Tran Dac Sinh, chief executive officer of the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange, the main bourse. The Southeast Asian nation should follow regional neighbors and have only one stock exchange, Sinh said in a telephone [...]

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Vietnam central bank sold dollars to stabilize market: report 

October 16, 2011
Vietnam central bank sold dollars to stabilize market: report 

The central bank aims to keep the exchange rate stable until the end of the year. Vietnam’s central bank said it had sold a “reasonable” amount of dollars to stabilize the local market in the third quarter after a gold frenzy fueled dollar hoarding. The “timely” response helped ease the pressure on the exchange rate, [...]

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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...