January 25, 2012
Property projects under construction seen from a high-rise building in downtown Ho Chi Minh City Many companies in Vietnam were dealt a harsh blow by the real estate market slump last year. Singapore property developer Keppel Land, though not completely untouched, has weathered the downturn well. Linson Lim, President of Keppel Land Vietnam, is [...]
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January 25, 2012
Property projects under construction seen from a high-rise building in downtown Ho Chi Minh City Many companies in Vietnam were dealt a harsh blow by the real estate market slump last year. Singapore property developer Keppel Land, though not completely untouched, has weathered the downturn well. Linson Lim, President of Keppel Land Vietnam, is [...]
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December 20, 2011
Travel agencies already struggling in difficult economic conditions will be hit hard by the latest hike in domestic airfares, industry insiders say. The agencies face both losses on tours already booked and cancellations of bookings because of higher tour prices. In fact, the airfare hike makes foreign tours more attractive to local customers, they [...]
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December 19, 2011
Women from rural Vietnam are being tricked and forced into prostitution in Singapore by a Vietnamese human trafficking gang, says one woman who managed to escape by paying off her “debt.” Thirty-five-year -old Tran Thi My Linh from the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh told her story to Thanh Nien on Wednesday (December [...]
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October 29, 2011
A staff worker at a Masan Mart shop, which is owned by Masan Group. Masan Group Corp., the food, banking and natural-resources company that’s the biggest stock in the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange, said it’s considering listing shares abroad. Masan may sell shares by issuing new stock, depositary receipts, convertible bonds or securities [...]
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October 22, 2011
 Vietnam U23 footballers Long Giang (L) and Trong Hoang (R) practice in Hanoi on October 13. The draw for the 26th South East Asian Games went well enough for Vietnam’s Under-23 footballers but critics say precaution is necessary. The Wednesday draw placed Vietnam in Group B with U23 teams from Myanmar, Laos, Brunei, East [...]
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September 9, 2011
Singapore’s United Overseas Bank said on Wednesday it has increased its stake in Vietnam’s Southern Commercial Joint Stock Bank to around 19.99 percent. This was done through the subscription and market purchase of an additional 18.75 million shares for $11.3 million. The net tangible assets of Southern Bank were $180 million as of July [...]
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August 16, 2011
Parkson Holdings Bhd. (PKS) is planning an initial public offering of its retail operations in Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. The sale of the business, called Parkson Retail Asia Pte., may raise S$300 million ($250 million) to S$500 million in Singapore, said the person, who declined [...]
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August 7, 2011
Vietnam hopes new resort complex on southern island will be a major fillip for tourism industry Phu Quoc Island, where the government plans to develop a casino resort With a multi-billion dollar casino project already in motion, hopes are now high in the tourism industry that Phu Quoc will turn into a resort island [...]
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July 19, 2011
Low-fare carrier Jetstar Asia has announced it will open a Singapore-Hanoi route on December 15. The carrier will operate the flight four times per week – on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays, with one-way fares starting from SGD$128 (US$104), all-inclusive. It will also add a daily Singapore-Ho Chi Minh City service from August 18, [...]
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