tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679972290148516487Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:56:21 +0000Information for Successful Investmenthttp://www.vnbusinessnews.com/noreply@blogger.com (Brian)Blogger5000125http://www.vnbusinessnews.com/http://s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/alexa-thumbnails/9D2F98507AC6B9AC884E3D11E847FD3E04FEC895l?Signature=B%2BdSp6ddpRwJWbU05mXh9hDPVls%3D&Expires=1212785166&AWSAccessKeyId=1FVZ0JNEJDA5TK457CR2VietnamBusinessFinancehttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679972290148516487.post-4244013297863253295Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:55:00 +00002009-07-10T07:56:21.223-07:00Retail MarketVNBusinessNews.com - Ho Chi Minh City has embarked on a plan to develop its retail and wholesale network in a bid to raise the revenues of modern distribution systems to 40% of the total retail value by 2015.Under the plan, the country’s largest southern hub will build an additional 95 supermarkets and 140 trade centres from now until 2015, mainly in the city’s downtown, the Nam Sai Gon and Thu http://www.vnbusinessnews.com/2009/07/hcm-city-targets-bigger-retail-venues.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Qa8O9XPQL33IiuSRnA-MP3sPNZI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Qa8O9XPQL33IiuSRnA-MP3sPNZI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Qa8O9XPQL33IiuSRnA-MP3sPNZI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Qa8O9XPQL33IiuSRnA-MP3sPNZI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VietnamBusinessFinance?a=JYr2cV91E4g:mLkPYVo9Sjg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VietnamBusinessFinance?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679972290148516487.post-7752042585072732701Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:53:00 +00002009-07-10T07:55:28.630-07:00EconomicVNBusinessNews.com - The Nomura International group has forecast Vietnam ’s GDP growth rate in 2009 to reach 4.9%, an increase over the group’s previous forecast of 4%, said the Vietnam Economic Times on July 9.The group also predicted the country’s GDP growth rate for 2010 at 6.4% as compared with its previous 6% figure.The group’s analysts announced the optimistic assessment of Vietnam ’s http://www.vnbusinessnews.com/2009/07/nomura-forecasts-vietnams-2009-gdp_10.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/V1mGJHyuQ2Zf22ZxRAHgl6NOxXI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/V1mGJHyuQ2Zf22ZxRAHgl6NOxXI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/V1mGJHyuQ2Zf22ZxRAHgl6NOxXI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/V1mGJHyuQ2Zf22ZxRAHgl6NOxXI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VietnamBusinessFinance?a=an7mDHEJTmE:cNFGDt-BX4Y:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VietnamBusinessFinance?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679972290148516487.post-5848532154962099776Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:53:00 +00002009-07-10T07:53:46.277-07:00Banking - FinanceVNBusinessNews.com - National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong has asked the State Audit of Vietnam (SAV) to continue raising its efficiency in order to become a key tool for the State in managing and supervising financial activities and public properties.Chairman Trong said this while addressing a ceremony held on July 10 to mark the 15 th anniversary of the sector’s establishment (July 11) http://www.vnbusinessnews.com/2009/07/state-audit-urged-to-work-more.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vcIdzPnBUTqINdgl_dOswI4xlJs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vcIdzPnBUTqINdgl_dOswI4xlJs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vcIdzPnBUTqINdgl_dOswI4xlJs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vcIdzPnBUTqINdgl_dOswI4xlJs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VietnamBusinessFinance?a=am-j1-4Y0rQ:wb2On4846ZQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VietnamBusinessFinance?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679972290148516487.post-5460820240556831093Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:52:00 +00002009-07-10T07:52:37.907-07:00BusinessVNBusinessNews.com - Vietnamese importers since late last year have been imposed with China Import Surcharge (CIS), an absurd surcharge of US$10-60 per cubic meter of unpacked goods.China’s shipping agents have receipt agents in Vietnam to collect the surcharges from importers at ports. Due to the economic difficulties, the Chinese agents have reduced shipping charges for exporters and imposed http://www.vnbusinessnews.com/2009/07/chinas-loose-goods-imposed-with-absurd.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/L7REaSA2DVa0Rx7PINthEoKJXE4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/L7REaSA2DVa0Rx7PINthEoKJXE4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/L7REaSA2DVa0Rx7PINthEoKJXE4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/L7REaSA2DVa0Rx7PINthEoKJXE4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VietnamBusinessFinance?a=_svvIIdg9gk:0MpknWOpwJw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VietnamBusinessFinance?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679972290148516487.post-5114387870958398310Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:49:00 +00002009-07-10T07:50:54.356-07:00BusinessVNBusinessNews.com - International machine and equipment manufacturers at a precision engineering, machine tools and metalworking technology exhibition in HCMC, said they saw Vietnam as a potential large market despite the current global economic crisis.Some 226 companies from 21 countries and territories are participating in the MTA Vietnam 2009, which opened on Wednesday and runs until Saturdayhttp://www.vnbusinessnews.com/2009/07/global-firms-eye-vietnam.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BMWT53a1Yz5ElOdZFyqxiwV0n6A/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BMWT53a1Yz5ElOdZFyqxiwV0n6A/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BMWT53a1Yz5ElOdZFyqxiwV0n6A/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BMWT53a1Yz5ElOdZFyqxiwV0n6A/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VietnamBusinessFinance?a=CSqFJW--bw0:dx6rooutDtQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VietnamBusinessFinance?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679972290148516487.post-326535885668660080Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:49:00 +00002009-07-10T07:49:46.980-07:00BusinessVNBusinessNews.com - Franchise business will soon grow bustling in Vietnam as many more foreign franchisers are looking to enter this new but fast growing market, heard a EuroCham seminar in HCMC on Thursday.David Dwight Dingwall, partner of Dai Dong Duong Consulting Co. Ltd., said foreign companies were increasing sales and expanding geographic reach in developing markets in Asia, including http://www.vnbusinessnews.com/2009/07/franchise-business-seen-prospering-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Cix4uqzk64JpR17Vy5ymxXBdsVQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Cix4uqzk64JpR17Vy5ymxXBdsVQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Cix4uqzk64JpR17Vy5ymxXBdsVQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Cix4uqzk64JpR17Vy5ymxXBdsVQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VietnamBusinessFinance?a=2Zdkm-QUxZQ:ocYRZj9crDo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VietnamBusinessFinance?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679972290148516487.post-2238082296593244563Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:32:00 +00002009-07-10T07:33:11.071-07:00EconomicVNBusinessNews.com - Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh Cities continue to make the list of the world’s top 100 most-expensive cities for expatriates, ranking the 58 th and 69 th , respectively.The cost-of-living ranking of 143 cities in the world, done by the US human resource, financial and service researcher, Mercer, was announced on July 8.New York is used as the base city for the index, fixed at 100 http://www.vnbusinessnews.com/2009/07/hanoi-hcm-city-climb-ranks-of-worlds.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5k4kXjSQEgpb5yGzi4W9LZ0ToHk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5k4kXjSQEgpb5yGzi4W9LZ0ToHk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5k4kXjSQEgpb5yGzi4W9LZ0ToHk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5k4kXjSQEgpb5yGzi4W9LZ0ToHk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VietnamBusinessFinance?a=QlDNnqtmiyI:zyk00yJfDto:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VietnamBusinessFinance?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679972290148516487.post-6016705844905213400Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:30:00 +00002009-07-10T07:31:43.979-07:00Oil - Gas - PetroVNBusinessNews.com - State-run Vietnam Oil and Gas Group, or PetroVietnam, is speeding up talks with foreign partners to sign contracts to supply crude oil for its Dung Quat Refinery.The refinery will use 3.5 million metric tons, or 25.7 million barrels, of domestic sweet crude oil this year, Thoi Bao Kinh Te Saigon newspaper reported, citing PetroVietnam Chief Executive Officer Tran Dinh http://www.vnbusinessnews.com/2009/07/petrovietnam-speeds-up-crude-supply.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EX3bj4iibFufDoUtrPlTNEgQUDE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EX3bj4iibFufDoUtrPlTNEgQUDE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EX3bj4iibFufDoUtrPlTNEgQUDE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EX3bj4iibFufDoUtrPlTNEgQUDE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VietnamBusinessFinance?a=AxEBToiIZxs:alqTXL50BTg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VietnamBusinessFinance?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679972290148516487.post-1122534180102522627Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:28:00 +00002009-07-10T07:30:33.525-07:00Banking - FinanceVNBusinessNews.com - The Vietnamese government has called on the central bank to ensure economic stability in adjusting interest rates during the rest of the year and to keep its currency measures similar to the first half.The country's credit growth target this year should be between 25% and 27%, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said at a meeting with the State Bank of Viet Nam on June 26, a http://www.vnbusinessnews.com/2009/07/vietnam-govt-calls-on-central-bank-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fhYDot58Mll0yNsp-Bv0N5ehrp8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fhYDot58Mll0yNsp-Bv0N5ehrp8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fhYDot58Mll0yNsp-Bv0N5ehrp8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fhYDot58Mll0yNsp-Bv0N5ehrp8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VietnamBusinessFinance?a=DfWdA55H4q8:VA2ENnZYLlE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VietnamBusinessFinance?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679972290148516487.post-253741185389623191Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:27:00 +00002009-07-10T07:28:48.501-07:00BusinessCoffeeVNBusinessNews.com - Coffee prices in Indonesia, Asia's second-biggest exporter, rose in the week to Friday as exporters were keen to secure beans, while Vietnamese exports virtually stopped, traders said Friday.The cash discount narrowed to $20 a metric ton Friday in Indonesia, during the peak season of the harvest, compared with $45-$50/ton a week earlier.The Euronext.liffe September contract http://www.vnbusinessnews.com/2009/07/indonesia-coffee-price-up-on-active.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fci4nK5PXioa9TT3KgJMOWr8QdY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fci4nK5PXioa9TT3KgJMOWr8QdY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fci4nK5PXioa9TT3KgJMOWr8QdY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fci4nK5PXioa9TT3KgJMOWr8QdY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VietnamBusinessFinance?a=EojkWS4SA68:sRIm9HwVh44:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VietnamBusinessFinance?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679972290148516487.post-504339242489894104Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:26:00 +00002009-07-10T07:27:28.221-07:00TelecomVNBusinessNews.com - A satellite imagery receiving station was inaugurated in Hanoi on July 9 with the assistance from the French government.The facility, the first of its kind in Asia , is part of the natural resources and environment monitoring system funded with more than 19.37 million EUR in official development assistance by the French government, which was carried out starting in 2005.http://www.vnbusinessnews.com/2009/07/nation-inaugurates-satellite-imagery.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/n-nTALJeKJK6ZAthdijsxHRfC6M/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/n-nTALJeKJK6ZAthdijsxHRfC6M/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/n-nTALJeKJK6ZAthdijsxHRfC6M/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/n-nTALJeKJK6ZAthdijsxHRfC6M/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VietnamBusinessFinance?a=o686R4-vqLA:w5P5I540FOU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VietnamBusinessFinance?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679972290148516487.post-8069126815929472910Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:26:00 +00002009-07-10T07:26:38.478-07:00IndustriesVNBusinessNews.com - Hanoi Beer Alcohol and Beverage Co (Habeco) started the construction of Hanoi – Quang Tri brewery in the Quan Ngang Industrial Zone (Gio Linh district, Quang Tri province) on July 9.The brewery, capitalised at VND 120 billion has a capacity of 15 million litres of beer a year in the first phase and 25 million litres a year in the second phase.The plant is equipped with modernhttp://www.vnbusinessnews.com/2009/07/construction-of-hanoi-quang-tri-brewery.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6xFjt33OBrdOFFl4CG9D9bKvyq0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6xFjt33OBrdOFFl4CG9D9bKvyq0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6xFjt33OBrdOFFl4CG9D9bKvyq0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6xFjt33OBrdOFFl4CG9D9bKvyq0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VietnamBusinessFinance?a=G1vh-wVDXec:MP-fEAG_QOs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VietnamBusinessFinance?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679972290148516487.post-5168808919856868430Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:25:00 +00002009-07-10T07:26:03.905-07:00InvestmentVNBusinessNews.com - The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) officially approved an amount of VND 280 billion to three poor districts of Lai Chau province: Than Uyen, Tan Uyen and Phong Tho on July 9.The said amount will help these districts with socio-economic development and poverty reduction. Of which, around VND 250 billion is invested in power projects in order to make 100% communes in three http://www.vnbusinessnews.com/2009/07/evn-finances-vnd-280-billion-to-poor.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QoJumLyX_TyMSsY6K9XIw1tI5-0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QoJumLyX_TyMSsY6K9XIw1tI5-0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QoJumLyX_TyMSsY6K9XIw1tI5-0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QoJumLyX_TyMSsY6K9XIw1tI5-0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VietnamBusinessFinance?a=6gS-50ZzPOQ:Ey8XFWImnsE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VietnamBusinessFinance?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679972290148516487.post-7983335217915654688Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:24:00 +00002009-07-10T07:25:28.879-07:00BusinessTelecomVNBusinessNews.com - Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd has been awarded a contract by Viettel, the largest mobile operator in Vietnam, to deploy a HSPA+ (High Speed Packet Access) network in Vietnam. The HSPA+ network for Vietnam will be one of the fastest 3G networks in the world.According to the contracts signed in the past weeks, Huawei will construct 3,000 base stations in Vietnam including Hanoi, http://www.vnbusinessnews.com/2009/07/huawei-and-viettel-to-deploy-3g-hspa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8zCFzc0xnWDwnd5jjXiOYnGGUco/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8zCFzc0xnWDwnd5jjXiOYnGGUco/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8zCFzc0xnWDwnd5jjXiOYnGGUco/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8zCFzc0xnWDwnd5jjXiOYnGGUco/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VietnamBusinessFinance?a=XZv2Xi4oEuA:DGXN24z-Tgg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VietnamBusinessFinance?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679972290148516487.post-816455824993700934Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:22:00 +00002009-07-10T07:24:48.883-07:00Banking - FinanceVNBusinessNews.com - Vietnam's central bank raised its forecast for overseas remittances this year, saying the inflows could rise to between $5.8 billion and $6 billion from previous projections of $5.6-$5.7 billion.Still, the money sent back by overseas Vietnamese and labourers working abroad is expected to be around 20 percent below last year's level of $7.2 billion, Foreign Exchange Managementhttp://www.vnbusinessnews.com/2009/07/vietnam-ups-2009-remittance-forecast-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Siqum6hhdGDwAOnu2oC9Qahv958/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Siqum6hhdGDwAOnu2oC9Qahv958/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Siqum6hhdGDwAOnu2oC9Qahv958/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Siqum6hhdGDwAOnu2oC9Qahv958/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VietnamBusinessFinance?a=FZdH5_7QtSY:2jb12S65pSw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VietnamBusinessFinance?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679972290148516487.post-3413684775768340771Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:21:00 +00002009-07-10T07:22:36.595-07:00Viet Nam Dong - VNDBanking - FinanceVNBusinessNews.com - The State Bank of Vietnam has been applying a lot of measures to tighten control over the foreign currency market. Meanwhile, banks have also been doing a lot of tricks to dodge the laws and sell foreign currencies at prices higher than the ceiling price levels.The State Bank of Vietnam nowadays controls the foreign currency market with a mechanism under which it announces http://www.vnbusinessnews.com/2009/07/cat-and-mouse-in-foreign-currency.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/btJSB0eWEdUoPfuiEzCjUZg2WX4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/btJSB0eWEdUoPfuiEzCjUZg2WX4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/btJSB0eWEdUoPfuiEzCjUZg2WX4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/btJSB0eWEdUoPfuiEzCjUZg2WX4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VietnamBusinessFinance?a=UttwdpdjRLA:nVCABYX4u4Y:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VietnamBusinessFinance?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679972290148516487.post-5473123305300394625Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:20:00 +00002009-07-10T07:21:08.720-07:00EconomicVNBusinessNews.com - Stores at the Moc Bai Border Economic Zone in Tay Ninh province have got approval from the prime minister to continue selling duty-free goods to locals until 2012 after massive shop closures there have made newspaper headlines.Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has allowed companies active in border economic zones, including special ones, to maintain duty-free shops that are openhttp://www.vnbusinessnews.com/2009/07/duty-free-stores-in-moc-bai-cleared-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XSHxCARhJ88bSq6C6J54ocVoE7k/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XSHxCARhJ88bSq6C6J54ocVoE7k/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XSHxCARhJ88bSq6C6J54ocVoE7k/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XSHxCARhJ88bSq6C6J54ocVoE7k/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VietnamBusinessFinance?a=BuiXIXBNMs8:pOQY0JctA4Y:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VietnamBusinessFinance?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679972290148516487.post-948558967350853611Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:18:00 +00002009-07-10T07:20:06.307-07:00BusinessVNBusinessNews.com - Vo Van Quyen, Deputy Director of the Domestic Market Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, said that the Government programme on bringing Vietnam-made goods to rural areas has shown positive results.Quyen, in an interview with VTC News, said that businesses have reaped benefits from expanding distribution networks to rural areas. Some businesses have been http://www.vnbusinessnews.com/2009/07/vietnamese-goods-finding-way-to-rural.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Pop2qvWdJc_LD3i7t2hyv4CcHD8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Pop2qvWdJc_LD3i7t2hyv4CcHD8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Pop2qvWdJc_LD3i7t2hyv4CcHD8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Pop2qvWdJc_LD3i7t2hyv4CcHD8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VietnamBusinessFinance?a=M0GpUr0Dd4Q:lExOOCJY4Vk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VietnamBusinessFinance?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679972290148516487.post-1122760005950387724Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:17:00 +00002009-07-10T07:18:21.966-07:00ExportVNBusinessNews.com - The National Assembly has accepted lowering the targeted export growth rate from 13 percent to the low level of 3 percent for this year. However, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) still thinks that the modest growth rate will be a difficult task.According to the ministry, export turnover for 2009 will have to reach $64.68 billion to obtain the 3 percent export growth http://www.vnbusinessnews.com/2009/07/moit-says-3-percent-export-turnover.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_Rpzc6dtUxK1kIpo73SvmJ7whgc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_Rpzc6dtUxK1kIpo73SvmJ7whgc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_Rpzc6dtUxK1kIpo73SvmJ7whgc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_Rpzc6dtUxK1kIpo73SvmJ7whgc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VietnamBusinessFinance?a=hqEC_vW6ctI:lPaPfoM_S7E:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VietnamBusinessFinance?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679972290148516487.post-5071024871753315185Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:14:00 +00002009-07-10T07:17:00.792-07:00BusinessOil - Gas - PetroVNBusinessNews.com - Petrol distributors will have the power of raising or lowering retail petrol prices in accordance with the world’s prices without having to ask for permission from the Ministries of Finance and Industry and Trade. The state will only intervene if it feels things have gotten out of control.This is the major change in the draft document being compiled by the Ministries of http://www.vnbusinessnews.com/2009/07/ministries-to-loosen-control-of-petrol.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8wSIWIZJ0AR2sVNPLQiprABYLmw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8wSIWIZJ0AR2sVNPLQiprABYLmw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8wSIWIZJ0AR2sVNPLQiprABYLmw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8wSIWIZJ0AR2sVNPLQiprABYLmw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VietnamBusinessFinance?a=-XIGKkFDWOo:Njf_UO0fMgs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VietnamBusinessFinance?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679972290148516487.post-8958862903945582691Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:13:00 +00002009-07-10T07:14:29.028-07:00BusinessVNBusinessNews.com - Ho Chi Minh City businesses say the Internet-based platform for customs clearance procedures has failed to save time, and has in fact doubled their workload.The e-customs clearance service has been offered on a trial basis to trading businesses in HCMC since 2005. But starting June 8, the city’s customs department began providing online declaration forms for all types of http://www.vnbusinessnews.com/2009/07/firms-complain-e-customs-clearance.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KNzHKGeEbIRea-REFNH7jLbCxq8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KNzHKGeEbIRea-REFNH7jLbCxq8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KNzHKGeEbIRea-REFNH7jLbCxq8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KNzHKGeEbIRea-REFNH7jLbCxq8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VietnamBusinessFinance?a=sI9KRbrG3B8:N3rIlIdgU0o:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VietnamBusinessFinance?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679972290148516487.post-5772306387095462919Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:12:00 +00002009-07-10T07:13:21.491-07:00Viet Nam Dong - VNDBanking - FinanceVNBusinessNews.com - Businesses are not borrowing dollars, despite low interest rates on loans in US currency, as they fear a forex shortage will make it difficult to pay the dollars back later.Interest rates for loans in US dollars were reduced by 0.3-0.5 percent per year in June and now range from 4 percent to 6 percent, the central bank said in a monthly report on its website Tuesday.All http://www.vnbusinessnews.com/2009/07/firms-shy-from-cheap-dollar-loans-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Xil36cwXnCMSJC09nAL672rr1cU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Xil36cwXnCMSJC09nAL672rr1cU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Xil36cwXnCMSJC09nAL672rr1cU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Xil36cwXnCMSJC09nAL672rr1cU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VietnamBusinessFinance?a=G9uCdaR3OyU:aAI9zDddD3o:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VietnamBusinessFinance?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679972290148516487.post-3702163504900486266Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:11:00 +00002009-07-10T07:11:59.607-07:00BusinessVNBusinessNews.com - June is the third consecutive month this year that Vietnam has run a trade deficit, totalling US$2.1 billion. The Ministry of Trade (MoIT) is taking great pains to boost exports and reduce imports in order to minimise the deficit.The MoIT says that the export sector will find it difficult to meet its 3 percent growth target this year without great assistance from the http://www.vnbusinessnews.com/2009/07/moit-makes-moves-to-reduce-trade.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5A0cb5vLyeYWb5yUaHejHqVzBDk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5A0cb5vLyeYWb5yUaHejHqVzBDk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5A0cb5vLyeYWb5yUaHejHqVzBDk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5A0cb5vLyeYWb5yUaHejHqVzBDk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VietnamBusinessFinance?a=4rY9SrGz0Hs:VQ0OvkYf524:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VietnamBusinessFinance?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679972290148516487.post-4346736083625954682Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:08:00 +00002009-07-10T07:11:07.259-07:00Banking - FinanceVNBusinessNews.com - The World Bank will provide Viet Nam with a low-interest loan of US$300 million to help fight poverty and boost access to electricity in rural areas.An agreement on the loan was signed by the State Bank of Viet Nam and the WB yesterday. As part of the package, the WB is providing US$100 million to be used during the second phase of the National Anti-poverty Programme 135, http://www.vnbusinessnews.com/2009/07/wb-funds-power-aid-programmes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/p1fTvpkWqkupH-Oq_uiUG5nt6OQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/p1fTvpkWqkupH-Oq_uiUG5nt6OQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/p1fTvpkWqkupH-Oq_uiUG5nt6OQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/p1fTvpkWqkupH-Oq_uiUG5nt6OQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VietnamBusinessFinance?a=da5wUE6i0M4:enBCE9IVIu0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VietnamBusinessFinance?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679972290148516487.post-3622385358312022801Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:08:00 +00002009-07-10T07:08:47.701-07:00EconomicVNBusinessNews.com - Experts have decried the excessive focus on economic development that has severely depleted the nation’s natural resource base, and called for urgent measures to redress the problem.Ways to balance the country’s socio-economic development with preservation and efficient use of natural resources topped the agenda of a two-day conference that ended Wednesday in HCM City.The http://www.vnbusinessnews.com/2009/07/economic-growth-depletes-resources.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NDquQHggRT6xXHz2lFHFAUV4nYk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NDquQHggRT6xXHz2lFHFAUV4nYk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NDquQHggRT6xXHz2lFHFAUV4nYk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NDquQHggRT6xXHz2lFHFAUV4nYk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VietnamBusinessFinance?a=GGS6DqN_iAk:0VVyHL0iSR8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VietnamBusinessFinance?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>