Posts Tagged ‘ Per Capita ’

Vietnam to ease dependence on foreign aids: Deputy PM 

May 4, 2011
Vietnam to ease dependence on foreign aids: Deputy PM 

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai speaks at the Vietnam Business Summit during Asia Development Bank's 44th annual meeting in Hanoi on May 3 Vietnam will continue to improve its business environment and fully mobilize domestic and foreign resources as it aims to become an industrialized nation in 2020, Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai [...]

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Megastar wars 

November 13, 2010
Megastar wars 

Moviegoers buy tickets to Avatar, the Hollywood blockbuster distributed in Vietnam by Megastar Media Company, at a theater in Ho Chi Minh City last December Eight months after being sued by six domestic competitors, Megastar Media Company finally spoke up. Brian Hall, Chairman of Megastar Media Company, refused to comment on the company’s actual market [...]

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China’s online travel market booming

January 31, 2010
China’s online travel market booming

Visitors look at rows of Chocolate Terracotta Warriors at a chocolate theme park in Beijing China’s online tourism market is booming as an increasingly wealthy middle class travels for pleasure and the use of credit cards and the Internet soars, analysts say. As millions of people pack their bags for Lunar New Year holidays, the [...]

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HCM City in the top ten expensive Asian cities

December 30, 2009
HCM City in the top ten expensive Asian cities

According to the Forbes, HCM City ranks the tenth among Asian cities for expensiveness, based on the house leasing prices and the real estate market.  According to Forbes, HCM City people have to pay $1800 to hire an apartment with two luxurious bedrooms for a month. Meanwhile, the per capita income of the local residents [...]

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Nova Scotia pushes trade, education links with Vietnam

December 5, 2009
Nova Scotia pushes trade, education links with Vietnam

Students inquire information at an event to promote studying abroad in Ho Chi Minh City. Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter led officials from Atlantic Canada through Vietnam this week to forge new trade links and build bilateral relationships in education. What is the purpose of this visit to Vietnam? What business benefits does Canada’s Atlantic [...]

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Nation targets per-capita income of $2,100 by 2015

November 30, 2009
Nation targets per-capita income of $2,100 by 2015

LookAtVietnam – The Ministry of Planning and Investment is targeting an average income of US$2,100 per person a year by 2015, nearly double that of the 2010 target. This was revealed last week at an international conference on the nation’s socio-economic development plans for the 2011-15 period.Viet Nam’s per capita income has recently risen to [...]

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Hanoi’s per capita income reaches $1,880

November 27, 2009
Hanoi’s per capita income reaches $1,880

The capital city’s GDP growth in the second half of the year is approximately 6.7 percent, bringing per capita income for 2009 to VND32 million ($1,880).  The service sector grew 7.4 percent this year, exceeding that of industry and construction for the first time.  Reporting to the Hanoi Party Committee on November 25, Hanoi’s vice chairperson [...]

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Vietnam aims high for next five-year plan

November 25, 2009
Vietnam aims high for next five-year plan

LookAtVietnam – Vietnam is eyeing higher economic growth in the next five-year plan, with GDP targeted to average out at 7-8% a year . . . The average GDP growth is some 6.9% a year, and GDP per capita by the end of 2010 should be US$1,200, or higher than the initial target.The Ministry of [...]

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Dams, pollution killing nation’s rivers

November 13, 2009
Dams, pollution killing nation’s rivers

A section of the Tham Luong Canal in Ho Chi Minh City’s Binh Tan District is polluted by untreated wastewater The oceans of waste being dumped into Vietnamese rivers are contaminating waterways across the country while mushrooming hydropower projects are making clean water even more scarce, scientists say. A recent survey by the Southwestern Environment [...]

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VN has maintained reasonable growth rate, says Prime Minister

October 20, 2009
VN has maintained reasonable growth rate, says Prime Minister

PM Nguyen Tan Dung told the NA on the opening day of its autumn session that though global economic recession has affected Vietnam, sound policies have limited its impact.  According to the Government’s report, Vietnam has achieved GDP growth of 5.2 percent, and held the increase in consumer prices to seven percent, one third of [...]

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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...