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isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35529243.post-5723250738636821860</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:02:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-09-11T20:04:25.302+07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">HaSTC-Index</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Stock market</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">VN-Index</category><title>Hastc-Index up, VN-Index down</title><atom:summary type="text">HCM bourse :The session this morning saw exactly what happened in the session earlier. Stocks of medium and low prices saw continuous price escalations, while those of high prices and market capitalization fell sharply. The electronic board was overwhelmed with green as roughly o­ne half of the listed stocks rose. The market’s statistics showed that there were 52 rising stocks, 47 falling o­nes </atom:summary><link>http://vietnamfinancials.blogspot.com/2007/09/hastc-index-up-vn-index-down.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>7</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35529243.post-1266466889927245626</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-09-11T19:59:24.158+07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Beverage</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">VNM</category><title>Vinamilk says Jan-August profit $43 million</title><atom:summary type="text">Vietnam&#39;s top dairy product maker, said on Tuesday it made a profit of 702 billion dong ($43.4 million), or 78 percent of its annual target, in the first eight months of this year. Vinamilk had revenues of 4.37 trillion dong in the January-August period, or 58.8 percent of its annual target, the firm said in a statement of unaudited results. It did not say if the profit was gross or net. The Ho </atom:summary><link>http://vietnamfinancials.blogspot.com/2007/09/vinamilk-says-jan-august-profit-43.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35529243.post-1006142495194147806</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:53:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-09-11T19:57:08.720+07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Construction</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">IPO</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Real Estate</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Vincom</category><title>Vincom to float in $600 mln listing</title><atom:summary type="text">Vietnam property developer Vincom (VIC) will float all of its 80 million shares on Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange next week in $600 million stock market listing, the company said on Tuesday.The Hanoi-based company will float the shares at starting price of 119,000 dong ($7.4), similar to the average price Vincom shares were sold to retail investors at an auction of five million shares in July this </atom:summary><link>http://vietnamfinancials.blogspot.com/2007/09/vincom-to-float-in-600-mln-listing.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35529243.post-1975589163688412314</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:51:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-09-11T19:52:20.675+07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Forecast</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">GMD</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Transportation</category><title>Gemadept says 2008 profit to jump 50 pct</title><atom:summary type="text">Vietnam&#39;s top forwarder Gemadept Corp (GMD) forecast its profit next year would jump 50 percent from this year as it puts an office building, a port and a warehouse into operation.&quot;Even if we cannot increase our current business, next year we will have, maybe, a 50-percent profit increase compared to 2007,&quot; Gemadept CEO Do Van Minh told Reuters in an interview on Monday at the company&#39;s Ho Chi </atom:summary><link>http://vietnamfinancials.blogspot.com/2007/09/gemadept-says-2008-profit-to-jump-50.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35529243.post-1870415901940274291</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:13:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-09-10T18:14:31.557+07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">HaSTC-Index</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Stock market</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">VN-Index</category><title>Reverse moves on bourses</title><atom:summary type="text">HCM bourse :The session this morning saw reverse moves made by the Northern and Southern bourse. In HCM bourse, that o­ne half of the listed stocks moved in the upward trend failed to keep the VN-Index from sliding. In Hanoi bourse, 57 out of 89 listed stocks rose, but HaSTC index inched up slowly. The Southern bourse’s total volume saw slight decrease the third session in a row but still exceed </atom:summary><link>http://vietnamfinancials.blogspot.com/2007/09/reverse-moves-on-bourses.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35529243.post-1791384355203031853</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 13:41:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-09-07T20:48:26.919+07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">HaSTC-Index</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Stock market</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">VN-Index</category><title>Idicies increase</title><atom:summary type="text">HCM bourse :This morning saw the second consecutive rise of the market. Price indicators moved up, fueled by the advancing impetus gained in the session earlier.There were reportedly around 50 rising stocks, 35 falling stocks and 30 stills, which prompted the Vn-Index to rise to 934.13 points, up a slight 5.77 points or 0.62% against the session earlier. The total matched volume remained high. </atom:summary><link>http://vietnamfinancials.blogspot.com/2007/09/idicies-increase.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35529243.post-2750776771523301530</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:58:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-09-06T18:00:54.986+07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">HaSTC-Index</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Stock market</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">VN-Index</category><title>Stock indexes increase slightly</title><atom:summary type="text">HCM bourse :After yesterday’s falls o­n both bourses, the situation was somewhat relieved today when increases were witnessed. Vn-Index rose a slight 2.79 points, while HaSTC index saw a 0.85 point rise. Though not as heavy as yesterday’s , today’ s trade remained o­ne among the heaviest for the last couple of month.There were reportedly around 54 rising stocks, 33 falling stocks and 28 stills. </atom:summary><link>http://vietnamfinancials.blogspot.com/2007/09/stock-indexes-increase-slightly.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>6</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35529243.post-5435204943599848028</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-09-06T17:58:21.602+07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">DHG</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">IMP</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Pharmaceutical</category><title>Imexpharm expects 6 pct profit rise</title><atom:summary type="text">Imexpharm (IMP), Vietnam&#39;s second largest pharmaceutical firm, expects its net profit to rise 6.1 percent to 50 billion dong ($3.1 million) this year, the company report said on Thursday.Imexpharm, based in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap, expected revenues of 530 billion dong ($33 million) this year, up from 525 billion dong last year.The company, which specialises in antibiotics and </atom:summary><link>http://vietnamfinancials.blogspot.com/2007/09/imexpharm-expects-6-pct-profit-rise.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35529243.post-7790735393320300644</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:54:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-09-06T17:56:16.608+07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Forecast</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Steel</category><title>Vietnam to export steel by 2010</title><atom:summary type="text">Under the strategy on steel industry development from 2007-2015 with a vision towards 2025, which has been approved by the Prime Minister, Vietnam strives to export 0.5mil tonnes of steel of different kinds.According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the total volume of finished steel to be demanded by 2010 will be 11-12mil tonnes. The figures will be 15-16mil tonnes by 2015 and 24-25mil </atom:summary><link>http://vietnamfinancials.blogspot.com/2007/09/vietnam-to-export-steel-by-2010.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35529243.post-330917850736745597</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:53:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-09-06T17:54:06.404+07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Financial Services</category><title>Finance leasing unfamiliar to Vietnamese companies</title><atom:summary type="text">The first finance leasing company was established in Vietnam 11 years ago, and only 11 finance leasing companies have been set up in the last 11 years.In the US, finance leasing every year provides 25-30% of the total credit funding enterprises’ purchasing and selling of equipment. The turnover from finance leasing activities is $17bil a year in the Republic of Korea, and the figure is $3bil in </atom:summary><link>http://vietnamfinancials.blogspot.com/2007/09/finance-leasing-unfamiliar-to.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35529243.post-3572999114987764895</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:50:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-09-06T17:52:18.516+07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Banking</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">SACOMBANK</category><title>Sacombank reports soaring profit</title><atom:summary type="text">The gross profit of Sacombank (STB), Vietnam&#39;s sixth-largest lender, in the first eight months of this year was nearly double that of the whole of 2006, an executive was quoted on Thursday as saying.The profit was 900 billion dong ($55.7 million), up from a pre-tax 543 billion dong last year, Sacombank chairman Dang Van Thanh was quoted by the Securities Investment newspaper as telling a company </atom:summary><link>http://vietnamfinancials.blogspot.com/2007/09/sacombank-reports-soaring-profit.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35529243.post-1538976434109618268</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:48:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-09-06T17:50:19.466+07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Economy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Forecast</category><title>Vietnam eyes more ambitious 2008 growth of 9.2 pct</title><atom:summary type="text">Vietnam said on Thursday it has raised its economic growth target to between 9.1 percent and 9.2 percent next year from an earlier 8.7 percent, with the aim of boosting incomes and reducing poverty.Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung told a cabinet meeting on Wednesday that GDP growth of 9 percent or more was attainable, the government said in a report on its Web site (www.chinhphu.gov.vn).Dung told </atom:summary><link>http://vietnamfinancials.blogspot.com/2007/09/vietnam-eyes-more-ambitious-2008-growth.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35529243.post-1942906113208828197</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-09-05T18:02:27.912+07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">HaSTC-Index</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Stock market</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">VN-Index</category><title>VN-Index, HaSTC-Index on the decline</title><atom:summary type="text">Closing the session this morning, the number of matched shares reached a high 8.9 million units, worth a consolidated VND 771 billion. Heavy trade witnessed , yet the majority of stock was matched at lower prices, prompting the VN-Index to close down 4.28 points, or 0.46% at 925.57 points. Of the 115 listed stock, including the new comer ALC, 36 were reportedly on the rise, while 53 others fell </atom:summary><link>http://vietnamfinancials.blogspot.com/2007/09/vn-index-hastc-index-on-decline.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35529243.post-1176593794941141731</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 10:53:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-09-05T18:00:12.201+07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Bao Minh</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Insurance</category><title>Bao Minh teams up with US insurance giant</title><atom:summary type="text">The Bao Minh Insurance Joint Stock Company on September 4 signed an agreement with Federal Insurance Company (Labuan), a wholly owned subsidiary of US-based insurance giant – Chubb Corporation, to offer speciality liability insurance inside Viet Nam.Under the agreement, Bao Minh, one of the country’s major insurance players will provide speciality liability insurance products for securities </atom:summary><link>http://vietnamfinancials.blogspot.com/2007/09/bao-minh-teams-up-with-us-insurance.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35529243.post-3122483452418267647</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 10:53:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-09-05T17:53:54.569+07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Securities</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Stock market</category><title>Share items with ‘little room’ remain attractive</title><atom:summary type="text">Foreign investors are scrambling to purchase shares of companies in which the room for foreign investors is nearly run out, despite the fact that the PE indexes of these companies remain relatively high.The information about the changes in foreign ownership ratio in AGF (down from 49% to 45%) after the issuance of additional shares has given foreign investors the opportunity to buy more AGF. The </atom:summary><link>http://vietnamfinancials.blogspot.com/2007/09/share-items-with-little-room-remain.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35529243.post-5618258953316038156</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 10:49:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-09-05T17:53:08.403+07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Law</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Mergers and Acquisitions</category><title>Acquisitions: a back-door market entry?</title><atom:summary type="text">Acquiring an existing company is an increasingly attractive investment option for both foreign and domestic investors seeking to increase market share quickly.ANCO Joint Stock Co, a domestic food and beverage maker, acquired a Nestle milk plant in the town of Ba Vi in Ha Tay Province. The acquisition includes a license to use the Nestle brand name for one year on fresh milk and yogurt products </atom:summary><link>http://vietnamfinancials.blogspot.com/2007/09/acquisitions-back-door-market-entry.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35529243.post-7850707479375382072</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 10:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-09-05T17:49:38.431+07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Mergers and Acquisitions</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Transportation</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Vinashin</category><title>Vinashin inks major deals with Malaysian partners</title><atom:summary type="text">State-owned Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group, or Vinashin, has said it will set up new joint ventures with the Malaysian-based budget airline AirAsia and Lion Group to form a new carrier and build a steel mill in central Vietnam.A Vinashin official told the Daily that a letter of intent for the establishment of a low-cost carrier in Vietnam was signed between AirAsia and Vinashin Group in the </atom:summary><link>http://vietnamfinancials.blogspot.com/2007/09/vinashin-inks-major-deals-with.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35529243.post-5046212898261462023</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:34:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-09-04T19:41:10.548+07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">HaSTC-Index</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Stock market</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">VN-Index</category><title>VN-Index, HaSTC-Index bounce back</title><atom:summary type="text">HCM bourse :As expected, the market opened the new month with upbeat signs and the majority of stocks reportedly o­n the rise. The market price indicators in HCM and Hanoi market saw significant added points, putting an end to their strings of pullback sessions, which contributed to the lessened interests and patience of local investors in the last “dreadful” month of August.What happened in the </atom:summary><link>http://vietnamfinancials.blogspot.com/2007/09/vn-index-hastc-index-bounce-back.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35529243.post-1272264240249569978</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:33:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-09-04T19:34:30.967+07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Banking</category><title>13 joint stock banks waiting to be set up</title><atom:summary type="text">By the end of August 2007, 13 applications to establish new joint stock banks had been put on the table of the State Bank Governor.Following the wave of setting up securities companies, the wave of establishing new banks has been kicked off, experts say.In fact, the race to establish banks started at the same time as the race to establish securities companies, in early 2006. However, in the past </atom:summary><link>http://vietnamfinancials.blogspot.com/2007/09/13-joint-stock-banks-waiting-to-be-set.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35529243.post-7231809200937497000</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:28:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-09-04T19:30:28.747+07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Stock market</category><title>Stock market to recover by year’s end?</title><atom:summary type="text">The stock market is expected to see optimistic signs in the third and fourth quarters of the year, when listing companies begin reaping fruits in their business.Though the stock market is still lackluster with falls in prices, experts still believe that the bourse will recover its prosperity by the end of the year.The good performance of listing companies, the interest of foreign investors in </atom:summary><link>http://vietnamfinancials.blogspot.com/2007/09/stock-market-to-recover-by-years-end.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35529243.post-8725029734731756732</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-09-04T19:28:08.675+07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Economy</category><title>Racing against time to achieve economic growth rate of 8.5%</title><atom:summary type="text">To obtain the target for GDP growth rate of 8.5 percent set by the National Assembly and control the inflation rate, the Government and localities must make more effort and introduce stronger measures.Earlier August 2007, Doctor Vo Tri Thanh, head of the Department for International Economic Integration Policy under the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM), said the target for GDP </atom:summary><link>http://vietnamfinancials.blogspot.com/2007/09/racing-against-time-to-achieve-economic.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35529243.post-1049539582420745669</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:24:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-08-31T18:28:47.120+07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">HaSTC-Index</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Stock market</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">VN-Index</category><title>Stock indexes record modest bumps</title><atom:summary type="text">The last trading session of the week saw improvement made by the two price indices o­n the Northern and Southern bourses.HCM bourse:HCM was reported to see a stunning high trade against yesterday’s poor performance, which was partly attributed to the system’s technical breakdown. The market price indicator saw its second consecutive rise. Vn-index closed at 908.37 points, up a slight 4.43 points,</atom:summary><link>http://vietnamfinancials.blogspot.com/2007/08/stock-indexes-record-modest-bumps.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35529243.post-4238340520329180480</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:22:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-08-31T18:23:14.703+07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Energy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">EVN</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Financial Services</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Securities</category><title>Power Company joins hand with securities firm</title><atom:summary type="text">Power Company No. 1 and Ha Thanh Securities signed a comprehensive strategic cooperation agreement on Aug. 30.Under the agreement, the power company will contribute capital to Ha Thanh Securities, while Ha Thanh is expected to pour capital in power transmission, real estate and finance services projects invested by Power company No. 1.Ha Thanh will become a partner in providing outline </atom:summary><link>http://vietnamfinancials.blogspot.com/2007/08/power-company-joins-hand-with.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35529243.post-4836631294299820016</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:20:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-08-31T18:22:23.413+07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">CPI</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Economy</category><title>Supply side shocks, liquidity drive inflation</title><atom:summary type="text">Headline inflation picked up in August from 6.6 per cent at the end-2006 to 8.6 per cent year-on-year. This represents an inflation of 7.4 per cent in the first eight months of the year, somewhat below the real GDP growth of 7.8 per cent during the first half of the year.Rising inflation was initially induced by a rapid increase in food prices, for example in staple crops, and then later in other</atom:summary><link>http://vietnamfinancials.blogspot.com/2007/08/supply-side-shocks-liquidity-drive.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35529243.post-1321465202523895640</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-08-31T18:19:29.067+07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Corporate Governance</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">GMD</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">KDC</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">REE</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">SAM</category><title>Bosses try to ease investors’ jitters</title><atom:summary type="text">The heads of four leading Vietnamese companies met with shareholders yesterday to allay fears amid tumbling share prices.Investors fired more than 30 questions at bosses of the Refrigeration Electrical Engineering Corporation (REE), the Cables and Telecom Materials Company (SAM), the Gemadept Corporation (GMD) and the Kinh Do Corporation (KDC).Top of investor concerns was falling prices - despite</atom:summary><link>http://vietnamfinancials.blogspot.com/2007/08/bosses-try-to-ease-investors-jitters.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>