November 17, 2011
Vietnamese lawmakers questioned the safety of projects to build golf courses in Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport and Hanoi’s Gia Lam Airport at a National Assembly session on Thursday. NA Deputy Vo Thi Dung from Ho Chi Minh City delivered her question to Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung about the [...]
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November 17, 2011
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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November 14, 2011
Workers at a ship yard of the Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group, or Vinashin. Many in Vietnam hope the government will pursue reforms that are broad enough and deep enough to fix debt-ridden state banks and rein in inefficient state enterprises (SOEs) such as Vinashin, which embarrassingly defaulted last year. After four years of economic instability, [...]
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June 19, 2011
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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April 25, 2011
Lai Tuan Vuong, Deputy Director of the Investment Registration Department of the Department of Planning and Investment of Ho Chi Minh City, speaks at the seminar Indian businessmen are sanguine about the business environment in Ho Chi Minh City but would like more support from the local authorities, a conference at Caravelle Hotel in HCMC’s [...]
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April 21, 2011
A traffic jam in Hanoi's downtown during rush hours Hanoi needs nearly VND260 trillion (US$12.9 billion) to deal with its traffic congestion within the next five years, according to the local transport department’s proposal submitted to authorities Tuesday. Â Under the proposal, the money will be spent on building beltways and urban thoroughfares, local news [...]
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March 22, 2011
Vietnam’s government grapples with an unprecedented inflationary predicament Construction workers have lunch on the sidewalks of a street in downtown Ho Chi Minh City As consumer prices continue to rise, globally, fuel and energy have spiked at home. Minister of Planning and Investment, Vo Hong Phuc, sat down with Thanh Nien Weekly to discuss [...]
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February 9, 2011
Minister of Planning and Investment, Vo Hong Phuc Vietnam plans to cut back on public spending and issue fewer government bonds in an attempt to tame inflation this year, an official said. Minister of Planning and Investment Vo Hong Phuc told Tuoi Tre that the state will focus on covering projects that can be completed in a year or two in [...]
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January 23, 2010
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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January 4, 2010
International donors have committed a record figure of official assistance development (ODA) for Vietnam in 2010 – US$8 billion. PM Nguyen Tan Dung and the two co-chair people of the Consultative Group Meeting 2009, the Minister of Planning and Investment Vo Hong Phuc and the WB’s Director in Vietnam Victoria Kwakwa. Development aid increases Japan and UK [...]
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