Posts Tagged ‘ partner ’

TPG willing to invest $1 billion in Olympus 

January 14, 2012
TPG willing to invest $1 billion in Olympus 

A disassembled Olympus camera and its parts are seen in this illustrative photograph taken in Tokyo November 24, 2011. Private equity firm TPG Capital is willing to invest about $1 billion in Japan’s Olympus Corp in a joint deal with Sony Corp or another suitor circling the scandal-hit firm, a person familiar with TPG’s thinking [...]

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Stop abusing transfer pricing to avoid tax: officials 

May 15, 2011
Stop abusing transfer pricing to avoid tax: officials 

A file photo taken at a tax office in Vietnam Enterprises need to refrain from tax avoidance practices and it is time for them to stop prioritizing profits over social responsibilities, the Ho Chi Minh City tax authority has said. Nguyen Trong Hanh, deputy director of the city’s tax department, told a gathering of mostly [...]

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VimpelCom ups investment in Vietnam mobile phone venture 

May 1, 2011
VimpelCom ups investment in Vietnam mobile phone venture 

Mobile phone network Beeline launched its service in Vietnam in July 2009 Russian telecom company VimpelCom has announced a plan to provide an additional US$500 million for its Vietnamese joint venture, GTEL-Mobile, through 2013. The company has completed the first stage of the financing plan by paying $196 million for newly issued shares, increasing its [...]

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Dung pushes democratisation

January 29, 2010
Dung pushes democratisation

One of the urgent demands in the world today was to generate bigger democratisation in global governance, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in Davos yesterday. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung meets Swiss President Doris Leuthard on his working visit to Switzerland.Dung, addressing the 40th Davos plenary session on reshaping global governance, said this was [...]

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Vietcombank can’t raise capital without foreign partner

January 4, 2010
Vietcombank can’t raise capital without foreign partner

LookAtVietnam – Vietcombank, Vietnam’s largest partially private lender by assets, will not be allowed to issue shares until it can find a foreign strategic partner.  LookAtVietnam – Vietcombank, Vietnam’s largest partially private lender by assets, will not be allowed to issue shares until it can find a foreign strategic partner.  The Hanoi-based lender, also known [...]

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Vietcombank can’t raise capital without foreign partner

January 3, 2010
Vietcombank can’t raise capital without foreign partner

A Ho Chi Minh City branch of Vietcombank Vietcombank, Vietnam’s largest partially private lender by assets, will not be allowed to issue shares until it can find a foreign strategic partner. The Hanoi-based lender, also known as the Commercial Joint Stock Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam, planned to raise more than VND1 trillion (US$54.16 [...]

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SK Telecom to continue investment in S-Fone

November 28, 2009
SK Telecom to continue investment in S-Fone

Saigon Postel and its South Korean partner, SK Telecom, have decided to shift to the joint venture mode of business in their joint mobile network S-Fone.  The information has driven away rumor that SK Telecom is going to completely stop investment in the mobile network, Lao Dong (Labor) newspaper said, quoting a private source of [...]

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BUSINESS IN BRIEF 17/10

October 17, 2009
BUSINESS IN BRIEF 17/10

Viettel launches mobile phone network in Laos; Foreign banks lend PetroVietnam $145.7 mil for new plant; Saigon container port welcomes first ship   The Military Telecommunications General Company Viettel and its Laotian partner Lao Asia Telecom inaugurated a new mobile phone network called Unitel in Laos on October 16.Unitel is a joint venture between the two [...]

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PM Dung attends 10th Western China International Trade Fair

October 16, 2009
PM Dung attends 10th Western China International Trade Fair

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on October 16 attended the 10th Western China International Trade Fair and the 2nd Western China International Cooperation Forum in Sichuan province. This is an important event organised by the Chinese Government with the aim of exploring the potential for development in the western region of China.The trade fair focused [...]

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Irish boy band Boyzone member Gately dies in Spain

October 12, 2009
Irish boy band Boyzone member Gately dies in Spain

Stephen Gately, a singer with the Irish boy band Boyzone who made headlines when he came out as gay a decade ago, has died in Spain, the group said on its Web site. In this Dec 19, 1998 file photo, Stephen Gately (R-2) poses for a photo with other members of Irish band Boyzone. (Xinhua/Reuters, File Photo)Gately [...]

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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...