Posts Tagged ‘ In The Fourth ’

Vietnam growth holds near 6 pct as higher rates counter exports 

January 3, 2012
Vietnam growth holds near 6 pct as higher rates counter exports 

A street vendor walks past a Chanel SA store inside the Rex Hotel in downtown Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011. Vietnam’s growth held near 6 percent this quarter, reducing the pressure for further monetary tightening after higher interest rates limited the boost to the economy from exports and domestic consumption. [...]

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VietinBank bond sale wins regulatory approval 

November 24, 2011
VietinBank bond sale wins regulatory approval 

  Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry & Trade (CTG), known as VietinBank, has received approval from the country’s central bank for its planned $500 million international bond sale, Deputy General Director Le Duc Tho said in a telephone interview. “Our plan is to sell the bonds in the fourth quarter, but in reality [...]

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Apartment market not yet recovered and it’s expecting a quiet 2010

January 20, 2010
Apartment market not yet recovered and it’s expecting a quiet 2010

LookAtVietnam – Real estate experts all share the same viewpoint that the apartment market will be quiet in 2010. Oversupply makes sales difficult Brett Ashton, managing director of Savills Vietnam, has advised investors to take care in making investment decisions, warning that while people think the market is heating up, the market is going the opposite [...]

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BUSINESS IN BRIEF 11/1

January 10, 2010
BUSINESS IN BRIEF 11/1

Milk prices slide, farmers see losses; Overseas remittances down 12.8%, says State Bank; Hanoi to host int’l trade, investment fair; Businesses optimistic about economic development in 2010; Coffee exports hit record high Milk prices slide, farmers see losses Dairy farmers in Ho Chi Minh City’s Cu Chi District January 8 said they have been forced [...]

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Gold Market Review 2009

December 28, 2009
Gold Market Review 2009

LookAtVietnam – Gold prices for 2009 broke records continuously, climbing to their highest level in history. The decision to allow gold imports, released on November 11, successfully cooled the market.Here are the nine most outstanding features of the gold market from Thoi Bao Kinh Te Vietnam. Record-setting year The gold price increased steadily in the first, second [...]

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Vietnam stock market less attractive than neighbours’

November 17, 2009
Vietnam stock market less attractive than neighbours’

LookAtVietnam – HSBC still says Vietnam’s stock market is less attractive than other regional markets. HSBC highlighted that after reaching a peak of 600 points in late October 2009, the VN Index had decreased by eight percent by November 9. The VN Index has lost more points than other Asian markets from the beginning of the [...]

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‘Try really hard’ to meet national growth target, PM exhorts

October 1, 2009
‘Try really hard’ to meet national growth target, PM exhorts

Vietnam’s gross domestic product grew 4.56 percent in the first nine months this year Vietnam’s economy needs to expand by more than 6.8 percent in the fourth quarter to realize the annual growth target of more than five percent, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said in a statement Thursday. To achieve the year’s target, all [...]

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Government’s price tracker predicts 2009 CPI increase of seven percent

September 30, 2009
Government’s price tracker predicts 2009 CPI increase of seven percent

LookAtVietnam – Although some economists expressed concern about the CPI increase in September, GSO says its just a cyclical thing. Tran Thi Hang, director of the Trade Service and Price Department, a unit of the General Statistics OfficeTran Thi Hang is director of the Trade Service and Price Department, a unit of the General Statistics [...]

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By treating investors equally, corporate tax law plays favorites

August 12, 2009
By treating investors equally, corporate tax law plays favorites

Enterprises operate in different fields and have different investment scales, but are offered the same corporate income tax (CIT) incentives. And that is a problem. Decree 124, issued in 2008, guides the implementation of the Corporate Income Tax Law.  It treats enterprises that are operating in industrial zones (IZ) and export processing zones (EPZ) as [...]

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Sabeco to apply for Vietnam listing approval in Q4

July 24, 2009
Sabeco to apply for Vietnam listing approval in Q4

Saigon Beer-AlcoholBeverages Corp., the brewer known as Sabeco, will submit a listing application to Vietnam’s main bourse in the fourth quarter this year, according to Tran Duc Hoa, a Sabeco director. “We have committed to our shareholders that we will complete our listing application to the State Securities Commission and the Ho Chi Minh Stock [...]

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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...