Posts Tagged ‘ The Fourth Quarter ’

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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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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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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Apartment market not yet recovered and it’s expecting a quiet 2010

January 20, 2010
Apartment market not yet recovered and it’s expecting a quiet 2010

LookAtVietnam – Real estate experts all share the same viewpoint that the apartment market will be quiet in 2010. Oversupply makes sales difficult Brett Ashton, managing director of Savills Vietnam, has advised investors to take care in making investment decisions, warning that while people think the market is heating up, the market is going the opposite [...]

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BUSINESS IN BRIEF 11/1

January 10, 2010
BUSINESS IN BRIEF 11/1

Milk prices slide, farmers see losses; Overseas remittances down 12.8%, says State Bank; Hanoi to host int’l trade, investment fair; Businesses optimistic about economic development in 2010; Coffee exports hit record high Milk prices slide, farmers see losses Dairy farmers in Ho Chi Minh City’s Cu Chi District January 8 said they have been forced [...]

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Vietnam’s economy grows 6.9 pct, fastest pace this year

December 31, 2009
Vietnam’s economy grows 6.9 pct, fastest pace this year

Vietnam’s economy expanded at the fastest pace in more than a year in the fourth quarter as lending growth fueled construction and consumer sales. Gross domestic product grew 6.9 percent from a year earlier after a revised 6.04 percent gain in the third quarter, the General Statistics Office said in Hanoi Thursday. For 2009 overall, [...]

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Vietnam stock market less attractive than neighbours’

November 17, 2009
Vietnam stock market less attractive than neighbours’

LookAtVietnam – HSBC still says Vietnam’s stock market is less attractive than other regional markets. HSBC highlighted that after reaching a peak of 600 points in late October 2009, the VN Index had decreased by eight percent by November 9. The VN Index has lost more points than other Asian markets from the beginning of the [...]

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Real estate unaffected by 2nd stimulus package

November 2, 2009
Real estate unaffected by 2nd stimulus package

LookAtVietnam – Real estate developers believe that the package is not big enough to warm up the real estate market.   “The extended short term interest rate subsidy program will not have a big impact on the real estate market,” stated General Director of Dat Xanh Real Estate Company Luong Tri Thin. He noted that [...]

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‘Try really hard’ to meet national growth target, PM exhorts

October 1, 2009
‘Try really hard’ to meet national growth target, PM exhorts

Vietnam’s gross domestic product grew 4.56 percent in the first nine months this year Vietnam’s economy needs to expand by more than 6.8 percent in the fourth quarter to realize the annual growth target of more than five percent, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said in a statement Thursday. To achieve the year’s target, all [...]

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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...