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Glut of coastal economic zones stunts growth 

November 17, 2011
Glut of coastal economic zones stunts growth 

  A part of Dung Quat oil refinery in the central province of Quang Ngai. The refinery is the mainstay of the Dung Quat Economic Zone. Coastal economic zones have developed strength in numbers, but failed to pull their weight. They are characterized by sluggish development, low occupancy rates, modest investments and very small contribution [...]

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Focus on ‘easy’ markets first 

June 19, 2011
Focus on ‘easy’ markets first 

  No need to curb investments abroad by Vietnamese firms A tuk-tuk rides past a large advertising poster featuring investment fields by Vietnam’s group Hoang Anh Gia Lai in the Laos capital Vientiane. Laos and Cambodia are two markets that are easy for Vietnamese firms to invest in, an expert says. As of February, Vietnamese [...]

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M&As point to growth

February 1, 2010
M&As point to growth

Overall merger and acquisition values and volumes appear to have returned to a growth path in 2009’s fourth quarter giving grounds for optimism for 2010, writes an advisory partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers Vietnam.  Major Vietnamese conglomerates are growingly removing smaller rivals through M&A deals.LookAtVietnam – A slow start, but a strong finish to the year. Overall [...]

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Recovery remains a bumpy road

January 23, 2010
Recovery remains a bumpy road

The Vietnamese economy is heading to a higher growth in 2010, but a lot of challenges are waiting ahead. As public investments keep on expanding, efficiency continues to raise questionsAs public investments keep on expanding, efficiency continues to raise questions Since Vietnam’s economic growth bottomed out at 3.1 per cent in the first quarter of [...]

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Gold trading floors getting ready to fold

January 15, 2010
Gold trading floors getting ready to fold

LookAtVietnam – Trading volumes on gold trading floors have been decreasing dramatically, although gold trading floors will only officially stop operating after March 30. On January 13 and 14, a number of gold exchanges announced they had stopped providing loans to fund gold investments and released plans to shut down their floors. Many gold trading [...]

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Gold trading floors freezing

January 15, 2010
Gold trading floors freezing

The trading volumes on gold trading floors have been decreasing dramatically, though gold trading floors will only officially stop operating after March 30, 2010. On January 13 and 14, a lot of gold exchanges unanimously announced that they stopped providing loans to fund gold investments and released the plan to shut down the floors. Many [...]

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Will gold money find its way into the stock market?

January 13, 2010
Will gold money find its way into the stock market?

LookAtVietnam – Securities investors hope money will flow into the stock market following the closure of the gold exchanges but many believe it won’t mean a “golden” windfall for the markets. Securities investors hope money will flow into the stock market“I think the volume of money flowing to the stock market from gold exchanges will [...]

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Prosperity and challenges on the horizon in 2010

January 3, 2010
Prosperity and challenges on the horizon in 2010

Two workers at a bridge construction site in Ho Chi Minh City. Bouncing off an emerging global recovery, Vietnam expects positive economic changes in 2010, specifically export and foreign direct investment (FDI) growth. Policy makers, however, are still weary of the many challenges the developing country faces, not the least of which is the threat [...]

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Financial misdeeds uncovered at gov’t investment arm

December 13, 2009
Financial misdeeds uncovered at gov’t investment arm

Tran Van Ta, general director of State Capital Investment Corp., or SCIC, received an average monthly salary of VND78.5 million last year State auditors have asked the State Capital Investment Corp. to identify those responsible for massive financial irregularities recently uncovered at the government investment arm, including millions in unreported funds. The company (SCIC) will [...]

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Regulator sees no sign of another real estate bubble

December 11, 2009
Regulator sees no sign of another real estate bubble

LookAtVietnam – The amount of outstanding loans to real estate investors is much lower in Hanoi than HCM City, where “banks are more liberal” The National Finance Supervision Committee, established in March 2008, oversees Vietnam’s stock and insurance markets and its banking and real estate sectors. The committee is now compiling its first supervision report. [...]

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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...