Posts Tagged ‘ The Next Six ’

Exchange rate fears dent trading confidence 

May 22, 2011
Exchange rate fears dent trading confidence 

  Vietnamese traders are slightly less confident in their business prospects for the next six months than they were toward the end of last year, according to the latest HSBC survey. They attribute the dip in confidence to fluctuating exchange rates and high interest rates. The semi-annual HSBC Trade Confidence Index report, released on Tuesday, [...]

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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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Jetstar Pacific’s former head opens up

December 19, 2009
Jetstar Pacific’s former head opens up

Shocked by being banned from leaving Vietnam, the former general director of Jetstar Pacific, is working with competent agencies to make clear all of the airline’s matters during his term of office. Mr. Luong Hoai Nam. Former Jetstar Pacific’s General Director banned from leaving VietnamFinance Ministry discloses pay of SCIC officialsBig losses but huge salaries – [...]

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Small-business sector optimistic

July 17, 2009
Small-business sector optimistic

LookAtVietnam – Business confidence in Viet Nam’s SME sector has climbed since the fourth quarter of 2008, a recent survey found. The survey, which included the Middle East and Latin America for the first time, found that as in Asia, the more domestic-oriented economies showed more optimism than those more dependent on exports.According to the [...]

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Unemployment rears its ugly head

April 18, 2009
Unemployment rears its ugly head

Unemployment is emerging as a serious problem in Vietnam as exporters and manufacturers cut jobs or slow production due to the fallout from the global economic recession. The unemployed face a dog-eat-dog world to find employment Last December, Japan-based Canon, a global leader in photographic and digital imaging solutions, announced it would slash 3,000 jobs [...]

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Retail industry remains promising in crisis

March 17, 2009
Retail industry remains promising in crisis

Some experts have predicted that the economic crisis will impoverish millions of Vietnamese people, who have just escaped from poverty thanks to strong development and urbanization. The reports released recently at conferences show that Vietnam is in a good position to escape the crisis, though a lot of difficulties still need to be overcome. There [...]

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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...