Jul 10, 2008

Nha Trang’s welcome mat still out

Vietnam, Brazil agree to boost multi-faceted ties

Vietnam Dong Advances After Central Bank Sets Higher Rate

Dung Quat nods RoK firm’s US$28 million project

State-owned firms reap profits

Express expansion planned by logistics company

New nitrogenous fertiliser plant to be built in central

SBV announces new hotlines

Interest rates could reduce in 2009

US dollar price gap between banks and free market narrower

Nearly 5% of population buy life insurance

Dong Nai bans new industrial parks

Twenty Danish firms seek to invest

Havico awarded five business certificates

Plan aims for uniform fertiliser prices

Japan helps central region in economic development study

Furama Resort Danang becomes Vietnam’s leading resort

1 billion USD clubs

Coffee exports reach almost US$2 billion

Agel Vietnam makes debut

BIDV injects US dollars in domestic market

Bank of Brazil considers opening branch in Vietnam

Vietnam Airlines to manage transport for Miss World contest in 2010

Vietnam, Brazil seeks opportunities to increase trade turnover

Mekong Delta traffic exhibition opens

Capital needed to build infrastructure

Financial Market in new “orbit”

Proposed to raise steel ingots export tax to 30%

Temporarily automatic export on iron and steel licensed

Sanyo to build electronic component plant in Vietnam

Vietnam-Japan Joint Initiative enters third phase

Tariff restrictions aim against inflation

Inflation darkens benefits of pay rise

HCM City gets 1st below ground parking

Vietnam’s leading exports exploit WTO entry

Urea imports up 75 per cent

New petro company arrives in HCM City

2 Foreign Companies in South Found Use Illegal Software

ANZ Bank launches new service in Vietnam

Dollar price drops, nears VND17,000/US$1 level

Publishing industry in turmoil over increased fees, prices

Retail expenses up by 20-30%

Unnecessary to reconsider PIT threshold

Japanese steel makers expanding operations in Vietnam

Six-month steel production, consumption increase

Nitrogenous Fertiliser Plant project added in Vietnam chemical industry development planning

Vietnam – potential market of China

Seminar discusses WTO admission impact on coffee, cocoa, pepper and cashew sectors

Thanh Hoa develops farming economic model

Bank urges stricter controls

VMEPH unit Jun revenue NT$501M

Soco International Plugs Vietnam Well After Finding Oil Shows

Vietnam to host Miss World 2010

Banco do Brasil Signs Agribank Accord on Lula's Vietnam Visit

Vietnam May Raise Electricity, Steel Prices This Year

Intel and Yahoo to Jointly Promote Sales, Services in Vietnam

Vietnam targets 5 million foreign tourists this year

Jul 9, 2008

Vietnam's capital allocates $18b for transportation projects

Ministry of Industry and Trade organises first online meeting

Brazil interested in investment in Vietnam

Asian Currencies: Korean Won Gains on Intervention Speculation

Call for better quality coffee to boost export revenue

Permits required for steel imports, exports

Dai-Ichi Life Vietnam announces new product

Vietnam joins discussion on world’s sovereign wealth funds

First of merger marked with donation

Hanoi earmarks 300 trillion VND for transport infrastructure

Golden chance for Vietnam’s coffee exporters

Food crisis – an opportunity for Vietnam’s agriculture

Caravelle is Vietnam’s Top Hotel

IPVG eyes IT services market in Vietnam

FPT Software to open Malaysian subsidiary

Curbing inflation: a lot of things still need to be done

Vietnam Airlines cancels direct air route to US again

Vietnam to build third oil refinery

Lending rate spike scares all borrowers

Entrepreneurs should have intellect to better serve the nation’s development

Vietnam’s rubber export value leaps

Import tariffs on cars to decrease, registration tax to go up

Embedded technology forum opens in Hanoi

Chile’s investments to soon pour into Vietnam

Gov’t okays iron ore exploration in Quang Ngai

Int’l exhibition helps boost trade in machinery

Acecook-a successful Japanese enterprise in Vietnam market

FDI enterprises gain trade surplus

The USA to probably apply GSP on Vietnam since Fall

Saigon Petro buys 20,000T; low premium

Phone, Internet subscriptions rise in first half

Gtel Mobile - seventh mobile network in Vietnam

VietinBank Tho Says Central Bank Dong Controls Are `Effective'

BIDV's Manh Says People's Confidence in Vietnam Dong Improved

Vietnam to Cap Fuel, Steel Prices to Curb Inflation

Gov’t plans investment in 60 impoverished districts

Craft villages to get $687.5m

Thu Thiem tunnel project needs cash

Eurocham talks corporate governance

Canon Viet Nam sits pretty

Vinh Hoan Corp opens third catfish plant

Two more projects for Tan Huong Industrial Zone

Farmers leave their fields

Workshop discusses Vietnamese & Russian trade ties

Finding ways to develop coffee, cacao, pepper and cashew nuts sectors

Deputy PM urges firms to boost exports to cut deficit

Government Retains Control of Petrol Price despite Rise in World Price

Mushrooming SMEs Face Too Many Hurdles

Currency Regulations Must be Followed, State Bank Says

Coal mining in Red River delta basin to start in 2010

Textile, garment sector sets $9.5bil export target

Energy-saving project shows cost savings

96 Toyota Innova assembled with expired engines

Foreign investors opting for slow courtship of Vietnamese companies

Building oil refineries not only about money: PetroVietnam

Jul 8, 2008

Vietnam’s export turnover to Algeria on the rise

Vietnam to host security, safety exhibition in November

Foreign banks post better growth in first half

Zentourism finds its way in Vietnam

Investors cautious but not fleeing Vietnam’s economic woes

Vietnam vows to keep 2008 fuel prices stable

Int’l travel exhibition scheduled for September

PM warns against stockpilling and speculation

Construction on most modern road of Vietnam to start

Economic policy in a tailspin

Paradox in interest rate races among banks

Where is Vietnam in global creative system?

CMS Computer has new symbol

Saigon Co.op to have 38 supermarkets

Vietnam CEO Club inaugurated

ANZ: Business expanding in Vietnam to be top priority

Mobifone biggest showroom opened

DBS Bank opens office in Hanoi

MDEC Can Tho 2008 to discuss infrastructure development

Khanh Hoa introduces local specialties to foreigners

VNPT forms first overseas joint venture with ETN Singapore

Premier Continues Drilling Program in Vietnam

Coffee Falls in London as Growers Boost Sales

Vietnam Dong Weakens to Lowest Since 1993 on Inflation, Deficit

New tax association established to improve tax policy efficiency

MoneyGram home delivers overseas money transfers

Australian economist hails Vietnam’s economic performance

Danish businesses seek opportunities in Vietnam

Poor regions work on food security

New tasks for trade sector in second half of this year

Top tourist businesses to be honoured

Czech Republic focuses on trade relations with Vietnam

VimpelCom to form joint venture in Vietnam

HCM City takes aim at inflation

HCM City gov’t to regulate retail activities on essential goods

Industrial park to set up in Dong Nai

INAX opens sixth mosaic-tile factory

Gov’t rejects rise in car fees

Over 1,000 instructors to attend Int’l Martial Arts Festival

Tam Coc’s mystic marvels

Central bank keeps a close enough eye on forex market

Rescuing tra fish remains impossible mission

Response from Yahoo Vietnam’s CEO

Vietnam’s July CPI forecast to keep dropping

Ministry Vows to Help Distressed Catfish Farmers

MTA 2008: Vietnam’s Largest Manufacturing Solutions Event

Vietnam – US trade turnover surges

January-June export turnover up 31.8%

Sales of locally-made cars sliding

Clean coal amount to reach 48-50 million tons by 2010

Coffee Drops as Vietnam, Indonesia Boost Sales; Cocoa Advances

Improper port development programming causing goods jams: Vinamarine

Drug Companies May Be Punished for Unauthorized Price Increases, Inspector Says

Molasses Poisons Catfish in Mekong Delta

Asian Development Bank sets up Future Carbon Fund

Motorbike sales hit by inflation

Export firms invest in green projects

Electronic goods’ prices soar over last month

Jul 7, 2008

Vietnam’s pepper exports forecast to drop, says expert

Mövenpick announces takeover of two new hotels

Stabilising the prices of essential commodities

Ministry proposes more aid for equipment upgrades

AirAsia opens office in HCMC

Thousands of Mekong Delta homes prone to landslides

Song Thu Company wins 15mln EUR ship building contract

Turkish Airlines opens representative office in Vietnam

Chinese commodities fair to open in capital

Vietnam Dong Black Market Rate Gains, Narrowing Gap

Bulgaria reopens labour links with Viet Nam

Vietnam's Slowdown in Imports Is `A Welcome Sign,' Moody's Says

Vietnam has potential for 3G network development

Vietnam’s Dragon Fruits to Fly Direct to US

Railway Joining Ha Noi Station with Noi Bai Airport Proposed

Government intervention fails to bail out catfish farmers

Vietnam’s car sales up 141 percent in first half

EVN needs 700 million USD for power projects

IDC expects slower growth in Vietnam's PC market

Subex, Siemens help Vietnamese telecoms provider combat fraud

Info-tech M&As synch

PetroVietnam delays 112 projects

PetroVietnam, Petroecuador ink oil cooperation deal

Worleyparsons PetroVietnam Engineering Co to make debut

1.6tr dong of G-bonds to be issued for Noi Bai-Lao Cai highway project

AIA Vietnam opens new agent

Cathay Insurance Co. enters Vietnam

SBV issues new rule on bank accounts

Buyers’ confidence sinks but still buoyant

Net being cast wide to capture internet growth

Nha Trang Offers Clear Ocean and Mild Climate

Hotels Offer Deals to Summer Travelers

US$ 865.5 million thermoelectric plant to be built

Animal food prices soar

Some 10,000 crocodiles to be exported to China

Trade balance burdened with luxury goods

Nam Dinh to become centre of southern Red river delta

New regulations drafted to facilitate CEOs hiring

Vietnam and Germany share experiences in WTO implementation

Thanh Hoa to have civil airport

Corbis supplies Vietnam with photos

Vietnam ranks the fifth on FDI attraction

Ministry urges tighter border controls on petrol smuggling

U-Li May Set Up Vietnam Plant

Nha Trang: Home-stay service permitted during Miss Universe contest

Vietravel to hold underwater wedding

3G licenses open door to foreign phone operators

Sharing experiences in honouring WTO commitments

The monetary market bounces back

US statistics show trade increase with Vietnam

HCM City to host international ICT and electronics expo 2008

Top ten of travel agents and hotels in Vietnam

Da Nang attracts foreign investment worth millions of dollars

Reducing scattered investments

Firm Exports Find Profit Exporting Bamboo Handicraft

Drug Prices Headed Up, Official Says

Toyota Vietnam apologizes for use of rusted engines for new cars

Difficulties for local banks are opportunities for foreign banks

Super cars still arriving despite measures

Bumper crop will not affect rice price considerably

US$ price slightly increases on black market

Consumers thunderstruck by price increases of imports

Southeast region attracts more FDI

Prices of milk products rise again in July

Products stay on HCM City shelves

Hanoi industrial zones grab over $152mil

Works begins on north-south road link, scheduled to open in 2013

Interbank dollar trade picks up, dong near low

Petrolimex Buys More Than 90% Of Oil Products Planned For 3Q

Korea, India, Vietnam Intervention to Fail, Morgan Stanley Says

Jul 6, 2008

Dong's Little Changed on Central Bank Reference Rate

Vietnam-India Trade May Reach $3 Billion in 2008

Mobile phone retailer moves in on capital

Industrial zone firms to relocate

PetroVietnam proposes expansion of Dung Quat oil refinery

Experts confer on Vietnam’s WTO economic growth plan

Blackouts put fish business in poorhouse

PetroVietnam to halt output slump by starting new oil fields

New oil fields set for exploitation off southern Vietnam

Domestic firms shun derivative trading: economist

ANZ Bank launches mobile banking service

AusCham HCMC turns 10

Petech to build 100 hi-tech public restrooms in town

ITC reviews anti-dumping rate for US catfish export

Access to listed prices resumes

Maintaining strong economic growth in the long term

Vietnam-US economic cooperation

Gov’t axes projects to cut costs

Fashion industry short on skilled designers: seminar

Fake fertiliser, high prices leave farmers in a bind

HCM City trims projects, refocuses

Formosa Iron-steel complex and deepwater port under construction

Firms without GMPs get reprieve

No sooner earned than spent

Brighter economic outlook

National Power Transmission Corp makes debut

ASIANA Airlines launches Seoul-Da Nang direct flight

Kon Tum: 300 million USD for hydroelectric plants

Jul 4, 2008

Big challenge to the coal sector

Yahoo “ignores” Vietnamese laws?

USAID to offer Vietnam bigger assistance

ADB's Kuroda: Return of Asia currency crisis unlikely

Bach Ma Mountain offers primitive beauty

Fierce competition benefits cell phone users

EVN Needs over $51 Bln to Develop Power Projects by 2015

International trade fair held in Quang Tri

Two luxury cars flown to Vietnam

Vietnamese businesses to attend footwear export promotion programme

Thai media: Vietnam has “secret weapons” for development

Spanish businesses interested in Vietnam

Public-private partnership: effective model to attract capital

PetroVietnam targets 16 million tonnes of crude oil

HCM City plans two bridges

Firms forced to cut costs, shed staff

New projects for Chu Lai Open Economic Zone

Plenty of rice, cement, but too little salt

Cutting public investment of 1.1 billion USD

SBV, GTZ and InWEnt tie in training programme

Plastic export revenues hit 435 million USD

Vietnam suspends nutritional product, requests recall

Zongshen Group to acquire iron ore deposit in Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh City Targets 13% Growth

Investors Flock to HCM City’s Export Zone

A review of monetary policies in H1

Further ingot steel export tax increase proposed

VIB Bank manager sacked after crackdown announced

Overview of EU antidumping procedure

Prime Minister approves foreign-funded projects

Eight exported items exceed US$1 billion

Bus advertisements seduce locals