January 11, 2012
 A man works at a steel factory in Que Vo District, outside Hanoi . Many companies in Vietnam are facing higher operation costs and lower profits. An annual report that ranks Vietnam’s 500 largest companies based on revenues, profit, growth rate, assets, and number of employees shows that returns are declining for private companies. [...]
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February 1, 2010
Overall merger and acquisition values and volumes appear to have returned to a growth path in 2009’s fourth quarter giving grounds for optimism for 2010, writes an advisory partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers Vietnam. Major Vietnamese conglomerates are growingly removing smaller rivals through M&A deals.LookAtVietnam – A slow start, but a strong finish to the year. Overall [...]
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March 27, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Film director Nguyen Thanh Van talked about his views on Vietnam’s cinema scene.People said Vietnam’s 50-year-old cinema industry was still a child, despite it having a population of more than 80 million, when only six celluloid films were entered for last year’s Vietnam Cinema Association’s Golden Kite Prize. What do you think?This was [...]
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