January 6, 2012
Pledged foreign direct investment into Vietnam fell 26 percent this year through December 15, the Foreign Investment Agency of the Ministry of Planning and Investment said in a e-mailed statement on December 30. Committed investment was $14.7 billion over the period, according to the statement. Disbursed foreign direct investment for the whole of 2011 [...]
Tags: 26 Percent, According, billion, Direct, Direct Investment, Foreign, Foreign direct, Foreign Direct Investment, Foreign investment, investment, Pledged Foreign, Pledged Foreign Direct, Pledged Foreign Direct Investment, Registered Capital, statement, The statement, The Statement The, This year, To The Statement, To The Statement The, Vietnam
Posted in Business | Comments Off
December 2, 2011
BIDV's shares will be listed on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange next year. Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam, the country’s third-largest lender, plans to sell a 3 percent stake in an initial public offering this month as the government revives state asset sales amid slumping stock prices. BIDV will hold the IPO, [...]
Tags: Asset Sales, Bidv Will Hold, Chi minh, Chi Minh Stock, Chi Minh Stock Exchange, December, Ho Chi, Ho Chi Minh, Ho Chi Minh Stock, Minh Stock, Minh Stock Exchange, Next Year, Of The Year, percent, selling, shares, stake, statement, stock, Stock Exchange, The bank, The Bank Said, The government, The Ho, The Ipo, The statement, The year, third, trillion, Vietnam
Posted in Business | Comments Off
November 19, 2011
Russia’s No.2 crude oil producer LUKOIL said it would partner with Vietnam’s Petrovietnam in exploring oil and gas at home and abroad, the fourth Russian firm to invest in the Southeast Asian nation’s oil and gas industry. The Russian firm signed a memorandum of understanding with Vietnam’s state oil and gas group in Moscow [...]
Tags: blocks, Lukoil, Offshore, Oil And Gas, Oil Gas, PetroVietnam, Russia, Russian, Russian Firm, statement, The russian, The statement, The Statement Said, Tnk Bp, Vietnam
Posted in Business | Comments Off
November 7, 2011
Following the discovery, the newborn was rushed to intensive care where he remains in a stable condition. Health authorities in south China said Friday they were investigating a hospital medical team for mistakenly diagnosing a stillbirth and disposing of a baby that was alive. The probe is taking place at the Nanhai Red Cross [...]
Tags: child, China, Discovery The Newborn, Discovery The Newborn Was, Following The Discovery, Following The Discovery The, Foshan, Foshan News, He Remains, health, hospital, Intensive Care, Intensive Care Where, Medical Team, Newborn Was Rushed, rushed, Saw The Baby, Stable Condition, statement, The Baby, The Baby Was, The child, The Discovery, The Discovery The, The Discovery The Newborn, The family, The Foshan, The Foshan News, The hospital, The Incident, The Nanhai, The Newborn, The Newborn Was, The Newborn Was Rushed, The statement, To Intensive Care, To Intensive Care Where
Posted in International | Comments Off
November 3, 2011
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung signed agreements with Japanese counterpart Yoshihiko Noda to provide Japan with rare-earth minerals used in hybrid cars and wind turbines and to cooperate on a nuclear project. Japan agreed to cooperate on exploration, mining and processing of rare earths, starting with the Dong Pao project in Vietnam’s Lai [...]
Tags: accord, Atomic Power, Earth, Japan, Japanese, Lai Chau, Mining, nuclear, Nuclear Accord, Nuclear Construction, Nuclear Power, power, Power Co, Rare Earth, statement, The statement, The Statement Said, Toyota, Toyota Tsusho, Vietnam, Vietnamese, Wind Turbines, Wind Turbines And
Posted in Politics | Comments Off
October 11, 2011
Vietnam cut diesel and kerosene prices by as much as 1.9 percent as it strives to tame Asia’s fastest inflation. Diesel prices were reduced to VND20,400 (98 cents) from 20,800 dong per liter, and kerosene prices were cut to 20,200 dong from 20,500 per liter, the Ministry of Finance said in a statement on [...]
Tags: 20 800, 20 800 Dong, 800 Dong, And Kerosene Prices, Commonly Used, Diesel, inflation, Kerosene, Kerosene Prices, Liter, Liter The Ministry, Per Liter, percent, prices, statement, The ministry, The statement, This year, Vietnam
Posted in Business | Comments Off
August 15, 2011
Gasoline prices have been kept unchanged The Finance Ministry has issued a statement standing by its decision to keep prices of petroleum products unchanged, saying a price cut is only an option after import taxes are raised. The statement, jointly issued with the Ministry of Industry and Trade, came amidst public disappointment over the news [...]
Tags: finance, Finance Ministry, Gasoline, Gasoline And Mazut, Government, If World, If World Prices, import, Import Taxes, Ldquo, ministry, Per Liter, percent, petroleum, Petroleum products, price, Price Reduction, prices, Rdquo, statement, taxes, The government, The ministry, The price, The statement, World Prices
Posted in Business | Comments Off
July 12, 2011
Twelve foreign banks will join hands to lend more than $1.46 billion to Mong Duong 2 coal-fired power plant in northern Vietnam, the plant’s operator said on Monday. The first disbursement is expected next month for the $1.95 billion 1,240-megawatt plant in the coal hub province of Quang Ninh, AES-VCM Mong Duong Power Co [...]
Tags: banks, billion, Coal Fired, Coal Fired Power, Coal Fired Power Plant, Fired Power, Fired Power Plant, Gigawatt, Gigawatt Hours, hours:, In Northern Vietnam, Korea, Mong Duong, Northern Vietnam, percent, plant, power, Power Plant, statement, The first, The project, The statement, The Statement Said, This year, Vietnam
Posted in Business | Comments Off
July 2, 2011
Da Lon Island, Truong Sa Archipelago, Vietnam Officials of Vietnam and China have agreed to peacefully solve the two countries’ disputes through negotiation to maintain peace in the East Sea, according to a joint statement. The statement, published on Vietnam News Agency website Sunday, said Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ho Xuan Son met [...]
Tags: Agreed, Between Vietnam, Between Vietnam And, Between Vietnam And China, China, Chinese, countries, East Sea, Have Agreed, In The East, In The East Sea, Ldquo, Maintain Peace, peace, Rdquo, statement, The East, The East Sea, The statement, The Two Countries, The Two Sides, The vietnamese, To Maintain Peace, Two Countries, Two Sides, Vietnam, Vietnam And China, Vietnamese
Posted in Politics | Comments Off
July 2, 2011
International experts urge action to back rhetoric as China and Vietnam pledge to solve East Sea disputes peacefully Sixty-two-year old Nguyen Van Ai of the central Binh Dinh Province prepares for an offshore fishing trip. Ai owns four large fishing boats and together with six sons, two sons-in-law and 75 other fishermen, head out [...]
Tags: &ndash, agreement, Agreement With Vietnam, An Agreement With, An Agreement With Vietnam, Archipelago, Binh Dinh, Binh Dinh Province, boats, Central, Central Binh, Central Binh Dinh, Central Binh Dinh Province, China, China And Vietnam, China Sea, Chinese, Chinese Ships, conduct:, Dinh Province, disputes, East Sea, father, Fisherman, fishermen, fishing, Fishing Grounds, force, Go Offshore, Go Offshore Fishing, Go Offshore Fishing Again, Her Father, Hoang, Hoang Sa, Implement The Doc, Implement The Doc And, In The East, In The East Sea, In The Region, In The South, In The South China, International Experts, islands, Ldquo, Le Thi, Le Thi Thanh, Le Thi Thanh Thanh, Ly Son, Mai Phung, Mai Phung Luu, Maritime, Maritime Disputes, missing, months, My Father, Of The Central, Of The East, Offshore, Offshore Fishing, Offshore Fishing Again, Peaceful, Peaceful Resolution, Peacefully, Peacefully Resolve, people, Phung Luu, province, Public Diplomacy, Rdquo, Rdquo She Wrote, resolution, resolve, Sa Archipelago, Said She Would, Senate, Senate Deplores, She Wrote, Ships, South, South China, South China Sea, statement, Thanh, Thanh nien, Thanh Said She, Thanh Said She Would, Thanh Thanh, The central, The Central Binh, The Central Binh Dinh, The Crew, The Doc, The Doc And, The East, The East Sea, The family, The Fishermen, The Hoang, The institute, The Islands, The region, The senate, The south, The South China, The South China Sea, The statement, The Truong, The Two Sides, The vietnamese, Thi thanh, Thi Thanh Thanh, Through Negotiations, To Peacefully Resolve, Traditional, Traditional Fishing, Traditional Fishing Grounds, Truong Sa, Two Sides, Two sons, Us Senate, Vietnam, Vietnam And China, Vietnamese, Went Missing, Who Died, Year old
Posted in Reports | Comments Off
