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City welcomes Year of the Dragon with special flower street 

January 20, 2012
City welcomes Year of the Dragon with special flower street 

  The Tet flower road will return to Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City this Friday, highlighted by a giant dragon blowing blooms, as the city starts celebrating the Year of Dragon. With the Lunar New Year starting Monday next week, work to transform Nguyen Hue Street into a street of flowers began on January 10. The 12 meter long, [...]

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Real estate still promising for long-term investors 

January 15, 2012
Real estate still promising for long-term investors 

  Ho Chi Minh City as seen from the rooftop of a downtown building. Property prices are expected to fall in the next six months. Developers are still pessimistic about market conditions but some experts believe investors should not rule out real estate just yet. Economist Dinh The Hien said the government is expected to [...]

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Vietnam growth holds near 6 pct as higher rates counter exports 

January 3, 2012
Vietnam growth holds near 6 pct as higher rates counter exports 

A street vendor walks past a Chanel SA store inside the Rex Hotel in downtown Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011. Vietnam’s growth held near 6 percent this quarter, reducing the pressure for further monetary tightening after higher interest rates limited the boost to the economy from exports and domestic consumption. [...]

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Don’t be too hopeful, stock investors told 

December 5, 2011
Don’t be too hopeful, stock investors told 

  Slowing inflation and talk of financial reforms have not boosted market sentiment as expected, and analysts are predicting the worst will not be over any time soon. Phan Dung Khanh, research manager at Kim Eng Vietnam Securities Co., said the stock market may move sideways or only recover slightly next year. Macroeconomic measures taken [...]

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BIDV to sell 3 pct stake as Vietnam restarts asset sales 

December 2, 2011
BIDV to sell 3 pct stake as Vietnam restarts asset sales 

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, [...]

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Vietnam wants 15 large banks by 2015 to strengthen system 

November 26, 2011
Vietnam wants 15 large banks by 2015 to strengthen system 

An employee at Joint-Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam, or Vietcombank, counts dong bank notes in Hanoi. Vietnam’s central bank unveiled plans to create a three-tiered financial industry dominated by 15 lenders as part of efforts to allay concerns over the nation’s banking system. The country aims to have 15 “big” banks by [...]

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Vietnam PM orders central bank to stabilize forex, gold rates 

November 18, 2011
Vietnam PM orders central bank to stabilize forex, gold rates 

The dollar demand for imports and debt payments usually grows this time of the year. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung Wednesday ordered the central bank to take strong measures to keep the exchange rate and gold prices stable. The State Bank of Vietnam needs to work with other ministries and provincial authorities to strengthen inspections [...]

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Vietnam’s October inflation slows for second straight month 

October 25, 2011
Vietnam’s October inflation slows for second straight month 

  Vietnamese inflation slowed for a second month, an easing that may reduce pressure on the central bank to further increase interest rates. Consumer prices rose 21.59 percent in October from a year earlier, according to data released by the General Statistics Office in Hanoi Monday. The inflation rate fell to 22.42 percent last month [...]

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Vietnam central bank sold dollars to stabilize market: report 

October 16, 2011
Vietnam central bank sold dollars to stabilize market: report 

The central bank aims to keep the exchange rate stable until the end of the year. Vietnam’s central bank said it had sold a “reasonable” amount of dollars to stabilize the local market in the third quarter after a gold frenzy fueled dollar hoarding. The “timely” response helped ease the pressure on the exchange rate, [...]

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World central banks help lenders as EU growth stalls 

September 15, 2011
World central banks help lenders as EU growth stalls 

EU commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Olli Rehn has said eurozone economy was set to come to a “virtual standstill” in the second half of the year, but he assured that Europe would avoid another recession. The eurozone’s runaway debt crisis is dragging down growth, the EU warned on Thursday as finance ministers headed [...]

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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...