Posts Tagged ‘ The Fourth ’

Vietnam growth holds near 6 pct as higher rates counter exports 

January 3, 2012
Vietnam growth holds near 6 pct as higher rates counter exports 

A street vendor walks past a Chanel SA store inside the Rex Hotel in downtown Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011. Vietnam’s growth held near 6 percent this quarter, reducing the pressure for further monetary tightening after higher interest rates limited the boost to the economy from exports and domestic consumption. [...]

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VietinBank bond sale wins regulatory approval 

November 24, 2011
VietinBank bond sale wins regulatory approval 

  Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry & Trade (CTG), known as VietinBank, has received approval from the country’s central bank for its planned $500 million international bond sale, Deputy General Director Le Duc Tho said in a telephone interview. “Our plan is to sell the bonds in the fourth quarter, but in reality [...]

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Vietnam says inflation may surge; officials weaken exchange rate 

October 13, 2011
Vietnam says inflation may surge; officials weaken exchange rate 

  Vietnamese inflation may jump and the priority is to curb it, the Communist Party said as Asia’s fastest consumer-price growth adds pressure on the dong. Inflation is “at risk of surging,” Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong said in the text of a speech posted on the government’s website Monday. Vietnam will prioritize [...]

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Dangerous business 

July 30, 2011
Dangerous business 

Tran Ha Duy (L) and her sister Tran Ha Tien have been arrested for their alleged involvement in an African-led drug trafficking ring African drug smuggling rings are using Vietnamese female students as traffickers instead of middle-aged women as they did earlier, a senior narcotics police officer has warned. Colonel Le Thanh Liem, deputy chief [...]

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Beeline targets 4th position in Vietnam mobile market 

June 27, 2011
Beeline targets 4th position in Vietnam mobile market 

Michael Cluzel, General Director of GTEL-Mobile GTEL-Mobile has announced a plan to expand its business in Vietnam, including the goal to make its mobile network Beeline the fourth largest in the country. The company said it will build 5,000 new base transceiver stations next year. It also plans to add 1,000 staff members and increase its [...]

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Vietnam lifts dollar reserve ratio to damp prices, steady dong 

June 2, 2011
Vietnam lifts dollar reserve ratio to damp prices, steady dong 

  Vietnam’s central bank ordered lenders to set aside more dollars as reserves for the second time in less than two months, escalating the nation’s fight to steady the dong and quell the highest inflation in Asia. The reserve-requirement ratio on US dollar deposits will rise by 1 percentage point to a range from 4 [...]

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Vietnam's economic growth slows to 5.43 pct on rate increases 

March 30, 2011
Vietnam's economic growth slows to 5.43 pct on rate increases 

Motorcyclists ride by a newly developped residential quarter in Hanoi Vietnam’s growth slowed in the first quarter after the central bank raised key interest rates to among the highest levels in Southeast Asia to tame inflation.   Gross domestic product climbed 5.43 percent in the three months through March from a year earlier, according to [...]

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Viet Nam’s small businesses confident about growth: survey

February 5, 2010
Viet Nam’s small businesses confident about growth: survey

Business confidence among Viet Nam’s small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) climbed 10 points in the fourth quarter last year, . . . Sandy Flockhart, HSBC’s chairman of personal and commercial banking, said: “Our small business confidence index is telling us that confidence levels are back to pre-financial crisis levels. Not only are SMEs confident that [...]

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Saint Giong Festival passes UNESCO’s first round

January 29, 2010
Saint Giong Festival passes UNESCO’s first round

The documents for nomination of the Saint Giong Festival as an intangible cultural heritage of mankind meets the technical standards necessary to enter the next round of evaluation. The Saint Giong Festival. Dr. Le Thi Minh Ly, Vice-Head of the Cultural Heritage Agency under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, told VietNamNet that this is [...]

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Vietnam was ‘pro-active’, ‘forceful’ on rate moves, ANZ says

January 21, 2010
Vietnam was ‘pro-active’, ‘forceful’ on rate moves, ANZ says

The State Bank of Vietnam building in Ly Thuong Kiet St., Hanoi Vietnam’s central bank was “pro- active” and “forceful” in raising interest rates last year, which may limit the extent of further increases in borrowing costs in 2010, Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. said. The Southeast Asian nation’s central bank boosted its [...]

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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...