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Lawmakers want lower budget deficit target next year

October 24, 2009
Lawmakers want lower budget deficit target next year

House members discuss budget deficit at a session in Hanoi Friday Vietnamese legislators said the 2010 budget deficit should be kept at 6 percent of gross domestic product instead of 6.5 percent as projected by the government. Fiscal policies need to be tightened, Ho Chi Minh City representative Tran Du Lich said on Friday at [...]

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Cup half full or empty?

September 13, 2009
Cup half full or empty?

LookAtVietnam – Animated debate has begun between economic experts over any decision to introduce a second interest rate subsidy package to prop up the economy. A raft of local enterprises have benefited from the interest rate assistance.LookAtVietnam – Animated debate has begun between economic experts over any decision to introduce a second interest rate subsidy [...]

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Donors call on civil society to help battle corruption

May 30, 2009
Donors call on civil society to help battle corruption

Construction work on the National Highway 18 project, funded by Japanese official development assistance (ODA), in Quang Ninh Province. International donors recommend that civil society play a stronger role in Vietnam’s war on corruption, especially when it comes to monitoring major infrastructure projects. Vietnam should consider the public central to any fight against corruption as [...]

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Bond issuances in US$, successful or not?

March 30, 2009
Bond issuances in US$, successful or not?

VietNamNet Bridge – The bond issuances in dollars were successful in the eyes of organisers. However, experts believe that it is necessary to reconsider the issuances as the expected capital was not raised. The bond auctions took place on March 20, 24 and 27 at the Hanoi Securities Trading Centre (HASTC). This was the first [...]

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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...