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Vietnam raises $89.4mn via government bonds on Jan 12 

January 14, 2012
Vietnam raises $89.4mn via government bonds on Jan 12 

  Vietnam’s State Treasury raised VND1.88 trillion ($89.4 million) by selling government bonds in its first auction of the year, the Hanoi Stock Exchange said. The treasury sold the entire amount of VND1 trillion of three-year debt it offered at a yield of 12.10 percent, and raised VND880 billion via five-year debt at 12.15 percent, [...]

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Ample cash flows push banks to reinvest in bonds 

June 28, 2011
Ample cash flows push banks to reinvest in bonds 

Many banks with surplus cash are pouring money into the bond market. Vietnamese bonds have been on the upswing this month as large banks, awash with cash, are reinvesting their money in the securities, analysts say. Some commercial banks are sitting on large amounts of cash due to strong inflows from maturing bonds they bought [...]

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Vietnam bonds decline as inflation accelerates to 29-month high 

May 25, 2011
Vietnam bonds decline as inflation accelerates to 29-month high 

  Vietnam’s three-year bonds declined, pushing yields to the highest level since November 2008, after inflation accelerated to a 29-month high in May. The dong gained. Prices rose 19.78 percent from a year earlier, compared with 17.51 percent in April, according to data released by the General Statistics Office in Hanoi Tuesday. That’s the quickest [...]

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Police seek child abuse charges against nursery owner 

December 26, 2010
Police seek child abuse charges against nursery owner 

According to the police, Tran Thi Phung, 52, abused three-year old Ho Thi Thuy Ngan while bathing her on November 23. Police in the southern province of Binh Duong Monday sought to bring charges of “torturing people” against the owner of a private nursery for maltreating a three-year-old girl last month.   According to the [...]

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Calisto asks for Portuguese laws in extended contract

February 6, 2010
Calisto asks for Portuguese laws in extended contract

Vietnam’s national football team head coach Henrique Calisto has suggested that Portuguese laws be used to all the terms of an extended contract to be signed soon between him and the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF). The VFF on Thursday confirmed it had received a letter from the Portuguese tactician to this effect.VFF deputy chairman Le [...]

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Students slam new curbs on overseas study

December 19, 2009
Students slam new curbs on overseas study

Vietnamese university students studying in Singapore pose for a picture at a conference last March Students and graduates say a draft decree aiming to regulate Vietnamese studying and working abroad could hinder the country’s efforts to lure and retain those trained in developed countries. Proposed earlier this month by the Ministry of Education and Training, [...]

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Vietnam ready to supply Philippine rice requirements

November 1, 2009
Vietnam ready to supply Philippine rice requirements

Vietnam, the world’s second-biggest rice exporter, is likely to start inter-government discussions with the Philippines to supply 1.5 million tons of rice for 2010 after a Manila tender on Nov. 4. “We are in a position to supply rice to the Philippines. We will give priority to supply to the Philippines 1.5 million tons, subject [...]

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Lee Nguyen arrives at Arsenal

September 17, 2009
Lee Nguyen arrives at Arsenal

Midfielder Lee Nguyen of V-League club Hoang Anh Gia Lai arrived at the English Premier League club Arsenal in London on Monday for a few weeks of training. The Vietnamese American will train with the Gunners’ second team for three or four weeks.All his club has to pay for the invaluable experience is the cost [...]

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Why are US$ bonds unsalable?

September 3, 2009
Why are US$ bonds unsalable?

LookAtVietnam – The increases of US$ deposit and lending interest rates are thought to be the main reasons that US$ bonds are currently unsalable. Banks cannot purchase long-term bonds with short-term capital $100 million worth of one-year bonds were sold in last week’s issuance, but only $47 million worth of two-year bonds and 20 percent of [...]

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Banks raise deposit interest rates to over 10%

June 18, 2009
Banks raise deposit interest rates to over 10%

LookAtVietnam – Commercial banks are stepping up the race to raise interest rates on dong deposits, with the highest rate being offered now at more than 10 per cent per year. An Binh Bank last week also began offering dong depositors a yearly interest rate of 9.99 per cent on one-year deposits of at least [...]

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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...