September 9, 2011
The dong’s chronic weakness has repelled foreign investors and hampered attempts by Vietnam’s policymakers to reverse the faltering fortunes of an economy that only five years ago was one of Asia’s most promising. Until Vietnam rebuilds trust by decisively taming the region’s worst inflation and narrowing sizable trade and budget deficits, the risks of [...]
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September 9, 2011
Vietnam has to get very tough or the flood of illegal Chinese workers will continue Chinese workers at a construction site in the south-central province of Phu Yen. Thousands of illegal workers will continue taking jobs from Vietnamese workers if the Vietnamese government does not take action now, analysts say. There will be no [...]
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April 1, 2011
Construction on the Tan Son Nhat – Binh Loi – Outer Ring Road project in Ho Chi Minh City. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has called for strict punishment of any misconduct relating to the roadway’s construction. The central government has ordered officials in Ho Chi Minh City to quickly resolve the irregularities discovered during [...]
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February 20, 2011
Construction site of the Tan Son Nhat – Binh Loi beltway in Ho Chi Minh City Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City have denied the government inspectorate’s recent findings that their violations in approving and monitoring a road project had caused losses of over US$44.3 million to the state budget.  In a letter sent to Thanh Nien Friday, the city’s [...]
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February 3, 2010
VietNamNet Bridge – 287 merger and acquisition (M&A) affairs were wrapped up in 2009 with a value of $1.09 billion. Avalue Vietnam believes that 2010 will witness a sharp increase in the number of M&A cases with a stable increase in the value of the deals. Here are the 10 most outstanding M&A affairs of 2009 [...]
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January 17, 2010
Associate Professor Nguyen Hoang Tri spent 12 years trying to have eight localities in Vietnam recognised internationally as biosphere reserves. His dedication won him a Vietnam Talent Award. LookAtVietnam – Associate Professor Nguyen Hoang Tri spent 12 years trying to have eight localities in Viet Nam recognised internationally as biosphere reserves. His dedication won him [...]
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January 2, 2010
Vietnam’s ambassador to Russia Bui Dinh Dinh speak with VIR about prospects for trade and investment cooperation between the two countries. Ambassador Bui Dinh DinhYou said Russia was a potential export market for Vietnamese goods. Could you name some specific commodities that Vietnam can boost exports of and advantages Vietnamese exporters can take from this [...]
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January 2, 2010
TNS Vietnam, Kantar Worldpanel and Kantar Media have identified several key trends that will influence consumerism in 2010. One year ago, Vietnam was marred in its first recession in modern history and the prospects of the average consumer were looking bleak. Twelve months later, it appears that Vietnamese consumers seem to have weathered “the perfect [...]
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December 22, 2009
LookAtVietnam – While commercial banks have said ‘no’ to many buyers, individual lenders are welcoming borrowers and promising to provide any sums borrowers want. Reporters from newspaper Nguoi lao dong’s, posing as small merchants who needed to borrow money to collect goods for Tet sale, successfully contacted a man who advertised his ‘service’ on a [...]
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November 28, 2009
A new decree next year would force many small and medium-sized rice exporters to shut down. Farmers harvest rice at Co Do farm in Can Tho. Under the draft decree aiming to tighten control over rice trading in Vietnam, local businesses would have to meet many new conditions before being allowed to ship rice abroad.But [...]
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