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Just the start: analyst expects more bank mergers 

December 19, 2011
Just the start: analyst expects more bank mergers 

Vietnam needs to implement the restructure of both small and large banks in a drastic manner, an economist says. The central bank has approved the merger of three small banks – Ficombank, Saigon Commercial Bank, and Vietnam Tin Nghia Bank – that are mired in liquidity problems. The restructure of banks will continue for the [...]

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Generation gap

November 3, 2009
Generation gap

LookAtVietnam – Nguyen Thi Phuong Mai, an insurance executive, was excited and delighted to see her friend as she spoke to him on her 3G cell phone.  LookAtVietnam – Nguyen Thi Phuong Mai, an insurance executive, was excited and delighted to see her friend as she spoke to him on her 3G cell phone.  “I [...]

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Generation gap

November 3, 2009
Generation gap

3G services set to replace predecessors in Vietnam Nguyen Thi Phuong Mai, an insurance executive, was excited and delighted to see her friend as she spoke to him on her 3G cell phone. “I saw people talking like that when I was abroad. Now, it is happening in Vietnam,” said Mai as she filled in [...]

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Firms more upbeat on trade prospects

October 2, 2009
Firms more upbeat on trade prospects

LookAtVietnam – Vietnamese businesses have more confidence in improved business prospects in the coming months than their peers in many other countries, A majority of respondents in the country (65 per cent) – the highest proportion from the countries surveyed – expect their trade volumes to increase in the next three months, according to the [...]

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POLITICS IN BRIEF 5/9

September 5, 2009
POLITICS IN BRIEF 5/9

Party leader welcomes new school year in Hanoi; New Zealand, Norwegian ambassadors welcomed; Vietnam, Libya boost bilateral ties Photo: VNAParty General Secretary Nong Duc Manh joined teachers and pupils from the Son Tay Senior Secondary School in the outskirts of Hanoi for their 2009-10 academic year inauguration ceremony on September 4. The Party leader asked [...]

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Vietnamese traders most confident in region: HSBC report

June 5, 2009
Vietnamese traders most confident in region: HSBC report

Vietnam’s smaller traders are the most confident in the Asia Pacific region, according to a recent HSBC report. Vietnam was the only country surveyed where more than half of companies expected trade volumes to rise in the next three months, said the banking group.The report said 54 percent of the 300 Vietnamese small- and medium-sized [...]

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Standard Chartered to open first Vietnam bank by midyear

March 7, 2009
Standard Chartered to open first Vietnam bank by midyear

Standard Chartered Plc, the UK’s second-largest bank by market value, plans to open its first locally incorporated bank in Vietnam this year, Ashok Sud, Hanoi-based chief executive for Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, said. “We are hoping to open a subsidiary by mid this year,” Sud said in an interview on Thursday in Ho Chi Minh [...]

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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...