January 2, 2012
Vietnam will find it difficult to sustain into the new year the trade deficit reduction that it managed in 2011, given that it plans to reduce import tariffs on many products and that the ongoing global recession could hurt its exports, experts say. Vietnam’s trade deficit narrowed to US$9.5 billion from $12.4 billion in [...]
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December 22, 2011
A Petrolimex gas station in Hanoi The Finance Ministry has found that major Vietnamese importers of oil products made smaller losses than they previously reported. Petrolimex, the largest fuel trader with a market share of around 60 percent, had reported losses of VND1.8 trillion (US$85.7 million) in the first six months. However, the actual loss [...]
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December 14, 2011
Electricity of Vietnam's debt-to-equity ratio is not safe, according to the Ministry of Investment and Planning. Electricity of Vietnam has a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.25, much higher than the average 1.98Â for the country’s state-owned enterprises, news web site VnExpress reported Saturday, citing the Ministry of Investment and Planning. The report said that the high ratio [...]
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November 17, 2011
A part of Dung Quat oil refinery in the central province of Quang Ngai. The refinery is the mainstay of the Dung Quat Economic Zone. Coastal economic zones have developed strength in numbers, but failed to pull their weight. They are characterized by sluggish development, low occupancy rates, modest investments and very small contribution [...]
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September 5, 2011
Vietnamese artists are refusing to accept government awards and fighting amongst each other over nominations Late author Son Nam was nominated for this year National Award but his family has withdrawn his name following a lot of controversy concerning the awards. The family of late writer Son Nam just withdrew his name from the [...]
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December 16, 2010
While no bird flu human case has been recorded over the past eight months in Vietnam, the country is still at high risk of the epidemic among humans, according to the Ministry of Health.  Nguyen Tran Hien, head of the ministry’s National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, said recently that the H5N1 virus has [...]
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January 23, 2010
LookAtVietnam – Importers are complaining that they are having to wait too long to have clothing material cleared at ports, as examination agencies are under resourced. According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Dispatch 32/2009, import garment products can only get customs clearance after they are examined by agencies to find formaldehyde and amines. The [...]
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December 29, 2009
Rice export hits record high of 6 million tonnes; Retail turnover surges 18.6 percent in 2009; Bank to let loose 60 million share issue Vietnam’s rice export reached twenty-year record high till the end of December this year, said the Vietnam Food Association (VFA). The nation exported six million tonnes of rice in 2009, earning over 2.4 [...]
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December 16, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Vietnamese automobile manufacturers want to keep the import price a business secret, rather than making the information open to the public. The Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (VAMA) has sent a document to the Ministry of Finance, proposing to adjust the requirements on the documents car buyers have to show to management agencies when [...]
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December 15, 2009
LookAtVietnam – The Ministry of Construction has asked provinces to make inspections on the quality of low-priced houses for workers and students, . . . Nguyen Tran Nam, deputy minister of Construction, said that provincial People’s Committees needed to ensure the quality of these houses and were not allowed to sell poor-quality low-priced houses.Accordingly, the [...]
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