Posts Tagged ‘ State owned enterprises ’

Single-digit inflation target feasible, says ADB exec 

January 9, 2012
Single-digit inflation target feasible, says ADB exec 

    Street vendors ply their goods in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. The Asian Development Bank has lowered Vietnam’s economic growth forecast in 2012 to 6.3 percent from 6.5 percent forecast last September. With the world economy remaining mired in difficulty, the Asian Development Bank forecasts a difficult year ahead for Vietnam. However, it [...]

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Vietnam PM admits interest groups sway policymaking 

January 9, 2012
Vietnam PM admits interest groups sway policymaking 

  A man (L) stands in front of an ATM while a homeless man sleeps in front of an advertisement on a street in Hanoi January 3. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has acknowledged the surging influence interest groups have on the policymaking process, calling for increased transparency to tackle the issue. Prime Minister Nguyen [...]

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Vietnam’s SOEs make sacrifice in inflation fight: PM Dung 

December 12, 2011
Vietnam’s SOEs make sacrifice in inflation fight: PM Dung 

Some important state-owned enterprises, including PetroVietnam, will remain owned by the government Some of the losses that state-owned enterprises incurred were due to their attempts to keep prices stable and to rein in inflation, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said Thursday. He said state utility Electricity of Vietnam, for instance, had to sell power below cost [...]

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Vietnam Airlines to sell shares to public: gov’t 

November 19, 2011
Vietnam Airlines to sell shares to public: gov’t 

  The Vietnamese government said it has allowed national carrier Vietnam Airlines to equitize, but said the state will retain more than half of shares in the firm. Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh told the Transport Ministry in a directive signed on Tuesday to draft a detailed plan for the airline’s equitization for government [...]

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Vietnam to release banking data, report on state companies 

November 16, 2011
Vietnam to release banking data, report on state companies 

  Vietnam set a schedule for data releases such as bad-debt ratios and Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung ordered the publication of a report on state-owned companies’ finances, following calls for more transparency. The State Bank of Vietnam will release banking industry data including the loan ratios and return on equity, as well as figures [...]

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Obama toughens tone with China as businesses vent 

November 14, 2011
Obama toughens tone with China as businesses vent 

President Barack Obama arrives during the first plenary meeting at the APEC Summit in Honolulu, Hawaii November 13, 2011. The head of Boeing chose his words carefully as he explained to President Barack Obama the “dilemma” that Corporate America faces in trying to do business in China. “We see a world where our interests lay [...]

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Vietnam central bank rejects reports on financial companies 

November 12, 2011
Vietnam central bank rejects reports on financial companies 

State-owned companies have been asked to divest from the financial sector The State Bank of Vietnam has rejected claims that non-bank financial institutions in the country will be eliminated, saying state-owned companies have only been asked to cut back their investment in the sector. There have been some reports that the government will get rid of [...]

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Vietnam to tighten control over SOE investments 

August 2, 2011
Vietnam to tighten control over SOE investments 

Shipbuilder Vinashin has been criticized for investing in many businesses unrelated to its core operations. The Ministry of Finance plans to halve the amount of capital that state-owned enterprises can use to invest in non-core activities. State companies will be allowed to earmark only 15 percent of their capital for businesses beyond their main functions, [...]

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Battle plan 

March 22, 2011
Battle plan 

  Vietnam’s government grapples with an unprecedented inflationary predicament  Construction workers have lunch on the sidewalks of a street in downtown Ho Chi Minh City As consumer prices continue to rise, globally, fuel and energy have spiked at home. Minister of Planning and Investment, Vo Hong Phuc, sat down with Thanh Nien Weekly to discuss [...]

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Global recovery still a fragile process: World Bank

January 31, 2010
Global recovery still a fragile process: World Bank

Workers at an apparel factory in Ho Chi Minh City. The global economic recovery currently underway will slow down later this year and the process remains fragile, the World Bank has cautioned. In its “Global Economic Prospects 2010” report released Wednesday, the bank says the slowdown will happen on the back of the waning impact [...]

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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...