November 28, 2009
Casinos and tourism resorts go hand-in-handElectronic gaming and casino projects will remain off-limits for the majority of firms. The Ministry of Finance (MoF) is taking recommendations from relevant governmental agencies for a draft decree which governs the operations electronic gaming services and casinos – a sensitive investment area in Vietnam.Until now, Vietnam has yet to [...]
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September 3, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Only two of 15 golf course projects in the southern province of Binh Thuan have become operational. The remaining, which have been licenced since 2003, are still inactive. Golf course or titan exploration projects?Most of the golf courses in Binh Thuan are located on good sites along the coast, which is famous [...]
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September 3, 2009
LookAtVietnam – The Ministry of Planning and Investment is searching for the best scenarios for the country’s FDI. LookAtVietnam – The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) is searching for the best scenarios for the country’s foreign direct investments (FDI), on the back of international analysts’ predictions that a rebound could be postponed until 2011. During [...]
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August 30, 2009
More realistic FDI forecasts will help engineer a healthier investment climate. LookAtVietnam – Vietnam will make cautious foreign direct investment forecasts until the end of next year on the back of international analysts’ predictions that a rebound could be postponed until 2011. Initial forecasts, which were made at a Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) [...]
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July 21, 2009
More and more steel projects have been licenced by local authorities though experts have given warnings about the potential consequences of excess steel production capacity. On July 19, 2009, the 500,000 tonne Thai Trung laminating steel project was officially kicked off in Thai Nguyen after the EPC contract was signed with the contractor Danieli. The [...]
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July 7, 2009
VietNamNet Bridge – The debate over how many golf courses Vietnam really needs continues to bubble. Some 166 golf courses covering 52,000 hectares are open or under development to serve around 5000 golfers. There’s been a boom in golf course development in Vietnam, particularly since 2005, when provinces were delegated the power to approve investment projects. [...]
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July 7, 2009
As many as 166 golf courses covering 52,000 hectares of land serve around 5000 golfers in Vietnam. Each golfer has over 10 hectares of land for entertainment. Meanwhile, each person in the northern delta has only 360 sq.m of land for planting rice on average. The National Assembly’s Committee for Science, Technology and Environment vice [...]
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May 30, 2009
VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Transportation has proposed that no more domestic airlines be licenced until 2015. More than the present five carriers would make it difficult to manage the aviation industry. Dung told reporters that Vietnam’s policy is to encourage investment in the aviation industry. However, he added, Vietnam needs to have a [...]
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May 29, 2009
If Vietnam allowed too many air carriers to operate right now, government agencies would have difficulties managing the aviation industry, said Minister of Transport Ho Nghia Dung. Dung said that Vietnam’s policy is to encourage investors in all economic sectors to make investment in the aviation industry. However, Dung said that Vietnam needs to have [...]
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April 21, 2009
Mr. Nguyen Thanh Hoa.LookAtVietnam – Deputy Minister of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Thanh Hoa has confirmed: Under Vietnamese laws, unskilled foreigners are not licenced to work in Vietnam. Unskilled foreign workers flow into Vietnam However, he accepted that dozens of thousands of unskilled foreign labourers, mainly Asian, are working in the country. He said: “We [...]
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