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Central bank makes strong intervention into foreign currency market

November 26, 2009
Central bank makes strong intervention into foreign currency market

LookAtVietnam – SBV this morning decided to raise the basic interest rate and adjust both the official exchange rate and trading band. Analysts say the central bank has chosen to take drastic measures to stabilize an overly hot market instead of taking more gradual, smaller steps. A series of decisions were released by Governor of the [...]

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The “secrets’ behind HCM City’s ‘state-of-the-art’ waste treatment project

October 3, 2009
The “secrets’ behind HCM City’s ‘state-of-the-art’ waste treatment project

When it was opened in  2007, Da Phuoc waste treatment complex was praised for its modern technology. However, local residents have complained of pollution caused by this project. The Da Phuoc complex burries 3000 tones of rubbish per day.  The Da Phuoc complex was put into operation in November 2007, on a 128 hectare island in [...]

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Dollar price reaches highest peak in history

September 10, 2009
Dollar price reaches highest peak in history

LookAtVietnam – The VND/US$ exchange rate has reached the highest peak in history: banks quoted the exchange rate at 17,832 dong per dollar this morning. The dollar price climbed to the highest ever level of 17,832 dong per dollar this morning after the State Bank of Vietnam announced the interbank exchange rate of 16,983 dong [...]

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Five-seat cars see record sales in August

September 10, 2009
Five-seat cars see record sales in August

LookAtVietnam – Domestic manufacturers of five-seat cars saw splendid sales in August: 3,528 five-seaters were sold in the month. Statistics released by the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (VAMA) showed that in the first six months of the year, Vietnamese automobile manufacturers sold only 2,200 five-seaters a month, but sales exceeded 3,000 cars a month in [...]

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Betting on gold

September 5, 2009
Betting on gold

Online traders at Sacombank Jewelry Company’s gold exchange in Ho Chi Minh City Gold exchanges are the big winners in the mad rush to gamble on changes in the yellow metal’s price. Gold fever is sweeping Vietnam.It manifests itself in the burgeoning number of gold exchanges and the countless thousands of old hands and neophytes [...]

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US$ interest rates rising again

September 3, 2009
US$ interest rates rising again

VietNamNet Bridge – US$ deposit and lending interest rates offered by commercial banks have been increasing again after a long period of staying at low levels. Banks began raising US$ deposit interest rates in late August and early September, a new trend in the monetary market. Prior to that, in the second quarter of 2009, [...]

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MPI confident inflation in 2009 will be only seven or eight percent

July 13, 2009
MPI confident inflation in 2009 will be only seven or eight percent

Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Cao Viet Sinh is confident that commodity prices will not rise more than 7-8 percent.  Deputy Minister Cao Viet Sinh: Our GDP growth rates in the first and second quarters of 2009 (3.1 and 4.5 percent, respectively) show that Vietnam’s economy has been step by step escaping from the [...]

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‘Risk management comes first’ says banking system supervisor

July 1, 2009
‘Risk management comes first’ says banking system supervisor

VietNamNet Bridge – The Deputy Chairman of Vietnam’s National Finance Supervision Committee expressed confidence that the Vietnamese banking system is sound. Deputy Chairman of Vietnam’s National Finance Supervision Committee Le Xuan NghiaNghia: A report by CommerzBank  (Germany) showed that the return on equity capital (ROE) ratios of big financial institutions in the world [recently] are [...]

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BUSINESS IN BRIEF 17/5

May 17, 2009
BUSINESS IN BRIEF 17/5

Vietnam continues to lead foreign investment in Laos; Central bank holds dialogue with businesses; Construction of Sai Gon-Hiep Phuoc port begins; RoK-run heavy engineering plant inaugurated in Quang Ngai; Ministry of Planning and Investment launches portal Central bank holds dialogue with businesses The State Bank of Vietnam and the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry jointly [...]

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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...