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Vietnam steel sector faces losses amid low sales 

November 19, 2011
Vietnam steel sector faces losses amid low sales 

  A worker walking a bicycle loaded with construction steel on his way to a construction site in Hanoi The frozen property market and high interest rates have pushed steel producers into the red and some even face the risk of shutting down their business. Pham Chi Cuong, chairman of the Vietnam Steel Association, said [...]

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Investors fail to pay construction companies for years 

October 17, 2011
Investors fail to pay construction companies for years 

Song Da No. 2 construction firm is now implementing the Ban Ve hydropower plant project in Nghe An Province, but the investor is finding it difficult to pay. Complicated capital disbursement procedures have prevented construction firms from reclaiming debts from investors, even years after their projects finish. Vu Tuan Duong, vice general director of construction [...]

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Seafood firms mired in crises 

July 10, 2011
Seafood firms mired in crises 

  Industry stakeholders grapple with falling production, higher costs and low prices Farmers harvest tra fish in the Mekong Delta. A shortage of the fish is expected to recur next month. As many as 147 firms have stopped seafood processing and export to pursue other kinds of business since the beginning of this year, pushed [...]

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Labor exports falter as banks tighten credit 

June 21, 2011
Labor exports falter as banks tighten credit 

Staff members of a local export company (L) interview candidates for overseas jobs in Hanoi. Nguyen Van Nam has been on tenterhooks for the past week. He has completed most of the procedures for going to work in Taiwan next month, but has not managed to raise enough money to pay for the trip. “Earlier, [...]

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Vietnam firms downsize goals as times get tough 

June 1, 2011
Vietnam firms downsize goals as times get tough 

Women work at a plastic factory, which makes plastic parts for electronic production, in Que Vo District, outside Hanoi. Constrexim’s main products are interior furnishings like wardrobes, chairs and tables, but the company no longer finds it worthwhile to make them. It has shifted to making semi-finished products, mainly wooden planks, that are sold to [...]

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Local firms feel the heat of rising input costs 

March 17, 2011
Local firms feel the heat of rising input costs 

A worker at a plastic product factory in Ho Chi Minh City Local firms struggling to manage soaring input costs and high interest rates will find government support critical for getting through tough times, experts say. However, some of them are worried about the lack of resilience shown by some enterprises which they say does [...]

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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...