Posts Tagged ‘ Foreign Partner ’

Vietcombank can’t raise capital without foreign partner

January 4, 2010
Vietcombank can’t raise capital without foreign partner

LookAtVietnam – Vietcombank, Vietnam’s largest partially private lender by assets, will not be allowed to issue shares until it can find a foreign strategic partner.  LookAtVietnam – Vietcombank, Vietnam’s largest partially private lender by assets, will not be allowed to issue shares until it can find a foreign strategic partner.  The Hanoi-based lender, also known [...]

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Vietcombank can’t raise capital without foreign partner

January 3, 2010
Vietcombank can’t raise capital without foreign partner

A Ho Chi Minh City branch of Vietcombank Vietcombank, Vietnam’s largest partially private lender by assets, will not be allowed to issue shares until it can find a foreign strategic partner. The Hanoi-based lender, also known as the Commercial Joint Stock Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam, planned to raise more than VND1 trillion (US$54.16 [...]

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SK Telecom to continue investment in S-Fone

November 28, 2009
SK Telecom to continue investment in S-Fone

Saigon Postel and its South Korean partner, SK Telecom, have decided to shift to the joint venture mode of business in their joint mobile network S-Fone.  The information has driven away rumor that SK Telecom is going to completely stop investment in the mobile network, Lao Dong (Labor) newspaper said, quoting a private source of [...]

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$1.2bn Thu Thiem software project is on the rocks

August 9, 2009
$1.2bn Thu Thiem software project is on the rocks

The region’s biggest software park, the $1.2 billion Thu Thiem Software Park in Ho Chi Minh City, may have its licence revoked due to its indolent implementation.  The park was billed as being a mecca for regional software firms  LookAtVietnam – The region’s biggest software park, the $1.2 billion Thu Thiem Software Park in Ho [...]

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Time for small mobile networks to “soul-search”

July 1, 2009
Time for small mobile networks to “soul-search”

Afflicted by the charge-slashing campaigns of the three “giants”, MobiFone, Viettel and VinaPhone, small mobile networks are now being forced to look at their business modes and shortcomings.  The charge-slashing campaigns in early June of Viettel, MobiFone and VinaPhone pushed smaller mobile networks against the wall. Vietnamobile had to “join” this trend after a short [...]

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Banks trying to raise capital, investors worry

March 31, 2009
Banks trying to raise capital, investors worry

Commercial banks have started a new process of raising chartered capital after they successfully increased the capital to VND 1 trillion prior to December 31, 2008. The Decree No. 141 2006 stipulates that the legal capital commercial banks must have by December 31, 2010 is VND 3 trillion, which means that small banks do not [...]

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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...