January 11, 2012
 A man works at a steel factory in Que Vo District, outside Hanoi . Many companies in Vietnam are facing higher operation costs and lower profits. An annual report that ranks Vietnam’s 500 largest companies based on revenues, profit, growth rate, assets, and number of employees shows that returns are declining for private companies. [...]
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November 21, 2011
New world title will make no difference until existing infrastructure, services are improved, experts say A tourist boat sails past the stone islands of Ha Long Bay Ha Long Bay, by virtue of being the jewel in Vietnam’s tourism crown, has always been in the spotlight, but the lights have just gotten a lot [...]
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November 11, 2011
A man exits the office complex where MF Global Holdings Ltd have an office on 52nd Street in midtown Manhattan New York, October 31, 2011. Long before the brokerage firm MF Global collapsed into bankruptcy and prompted a frantic search for missing customer money, the company had already established a checkered history. An analysis of [...]
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September 25, 2011
Vietnam ranks third on the list of top ten destinations for the increasing number of Australians travelling abroad following an increase in value of the Australian dollar against the local currency, The Daily Examiner has reported. The Australian daily newspaper last week quoted the list of top ten best-value destinations revealed by online travel company Expedia. [...]
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September 10, 2011
The Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi and the Nam Hai in Hoi An share top billing as Asia’s best leisure properties for 2011, according to an online poll by Smart Travel Asia, an authority on the regional travel industry. The results of the three-month Best in Travel Poll 2011 were culled from votes cast by [...]
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September 3, 2011
Ten Vietnamese companies are ranked among the top 200 Asia-Pacific corporations in Forbes Asia’s “Best Under a Billion” list for 2011, the magazine said Wednesday. “Vietnam makes the biggest jump with 10 companies, nine more than last year,” Forbes said in a statement. The companies include PetroVietnam Low Pressure Gas Distribution and DHG Pharmaceuticals. [...]
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June 11, 2011
Vietnam continued to lose its appeal to retail investors this year, even though prospects for modern retail formats remain positive, according to a report by global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney. The country moved down nine spots to 23rd place in A.T. Kearney’s index of top ranked developing countries that retailers should enter. Vietnam [...]
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May 16, 2011
Foreign tourists cross a street in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1. Reader response to “Expats clamor over crime” page 8, Issue 83 Jumping the gun? I have been meaning to talk about the latest crime warning from the US Consulate here in Saigon. I just remember reading their warning wondering which crime they were [...]
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May 7, 2011
A cryptic warning from the US consulate has left foreigners wondering how bad crime really is in Ho Chi Minh City Foreign tourists in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. Police in HCMC’s District 1 reported seeing an increase in camera, computer and bag snatching in tourist hotspots around town, particularly in the early evening, [...]
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April 16, 2011
French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (C), International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (R) and South Korean Finance Minister Yoon Jeung-hyun chat before posing for the family photo of G20. Seven of the world’s leading economies including China and the United States faced deep scrutiny over fiscal and financial imbalances Saturday as the G20 [...]
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Risk, lax oversight riddle MF Global’s past
A man exits the office complex where MF Global Holdings Ltd have an office on 52nd Street in midtown Manhattan New York, October 31, 2011. Long before the brokerage firm MF Global collapsed into bankruptcy and prompted a frantic search for missing customer money, the company had already established a checkered history. An analysis of [...]
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