Jul 14, 2008

Vietnam raises rice export floor price by 4 pct

Road delay could land Vietnamese builder in trouble

Vietnamese fruit farmers aim for global market

Vietnam to develop northern economic corridor

Key exports of Vietnam to see strong growth

Non-life premiums forecast to grow 24%: report

Vietnam Dong Is Little Changed at 16,834.50 Against U.S. Dollar

Vietnam to relax policy, stop draining cash

Vietnamworks to help many people find jobs

Honor awards for IT retailers

WiMAX gaining momentum in SE Asia

Steel firms' iron resolve

Capital shortage medicine

Banks put pressure on swap frameworks

Large state players plead for price rises

Vinalines subsidiary announces background

Deposit balance continues rising

Toyota’s assembly misadventure continues

Specific tax to be imposed on coal exports

US helps Vietnam develop textile and garment industry

Enjoy a Buffet at Floating Restaurant

Asian Currencies: Peso, Ringgit Lead Gains; Won Snaps Advance

Vietnam's economy showing tentative signs of recovery

Samsung life insurance sets foot in Vietnam

HAGL builds facility for SEA Games 25 in Laos

Vietnam-potential export market for India

Phu Yen licenses six new projects

Ministry shoots at 61.2 billion USD in export turnover

Swiber Holdings Signs Pipeline Deal With Vietsovpetro

Foreign access to Viet Nam assets increases

Thuan Phuoc Corp forges ahead

8 export commodities posting over 1 billion USD

HSBC tops world’s biggest banks

Honda targeting VN’s young generation

Dung Quat Oil Refinery's SPM successfully installed

Banks closed, businesses seek capital from investment funds

Stabilising foodstuff prices begins with breeding industry development

Lack of capital threatening garment exports

Automatic licencing scheme to be applied to control car imports

Hyundai Vinashin to be Fined for Attempt to Dump Toxic Waste

Vietnam to Let Banks Convert Dollar Deposits to Dong

Vietnam continues to tighten the screw on imports

Vietnam to hold more open talks with foreign investors

Vietnam Money-Dong surplus emerges as banks boost rates

Mekong wants policy shift

PM urges authorities to combat pest infestations in rice fields

Venezuelan Mendoza crowned '08 Miss Universe

Vietnam Dong Gains Against Dollar on Stronger Reference Rate

Vietnamese retailers joining efforts to make a breakthrough

Fashion should be goal for textile industry: Deputy Minister

Steel ingot producers find cash in exports

Local firms aim for Hungary market

Jul 13, 2008

Paper price goes up, offering the decrease in import duties

Cargo transported through ports hits record

Over 4 trillion VND to improve railway safety

Camau succeeds in breeding white leg shrimp

Medicine shortage looms as health sector can’t afford inflation

FDI in Hai Phong rocketed in the first half

Rok investments in Vietnam reach 13.5 billion USD

Chan May-Lang Co economic zone attracts large investment

First golf course by the sea to take shape in Nha Trang

Export continues to rise

India Inc making foray into Vietnam

Mekong Delta needs more funds for roads

Soaring inflation hits poor hardest

Mekong reaps good rice crop, but profits fall

Businesses count the cost of power outages

USD exchange rates fall into line

Gas prices fall for the second time

Public fund to provide phone services for 250 communes

Jul 12, 2008

Five star makeover

Cheap tickets to Macau

Personal-computer market grows steadily

Acer appoints new distributor

Ford provides driving skills

Dong Nai province targets more export growth

Vietnam, a bridge to promote EU-ASEAN co-operation: French Ambassador

CPI predicted to fall in July

Gov’t moves to boost rice production

Malaysia promotes tourism in Ho Chi Minh City

VNPT to change fixed phone numbers in 53 localities

Vietnam, attractive destination for Japanese enterprises

Gold prices exceeds VND 19 million a tael

HCM City, French localities boost multi-faced cooperation

Northern coast to rise to int’l status by 2050

Jul 11, 2008

Power shortages remain a thorny issue

Nouveau riche’s new love fuels trade gap

State bank moves to reel in interest rates

Blackouts cut production in central provinces

Ca Mau electricity plant gets loans from EU banks

Vinachem to establish finance arm

Spanish companies keen on city’s metro development

Gov’t to invest in key sci-tech products

Chinese pharmaceutical company taps investment opportunities in Vietnam

Banks Receive $17 Billion In Deposits Due To High Rates Report

SBV Asks Money Changers to Re-apply for Permit

Vietnam Dong Completes Best Week in Three Months

Life Resort Hoi An to reopen in August

LPG price lowered to US$ 20 per tonne

Trade centre built at Cau Treo international border-gate EZ

SecuTech Vietnam to be held

Lilama 18 to build steel factory

Eximbank offers 8.4% loan interest

Component Production Industry Raises Quality Standards

Six-month garment exports fetch 4.2 billion USD

EU, Vietnam boast agricultural cooperation potential

Cashew nuts revenue hits US$350 million

HCM City boosts trade promotion in Germany

Central Highlands needs funds

Infrastructure key to growth in central VN

HCM City needs to invest in machinery: experts

TNT links China and Southeast Asia

Legend, Rex hotels offer special room rates

FDI capital to exceed 40 billion USD in 2008

VND17,000/US$1 threshold broken, people rush to sell dollars

State-owned corporations postpone almost 610 projects

Government Prioritizes Curbing Inflation, Stabilizing the Macro Economy

U.S. agency to ink new phases of air safety project

Ministry seeks paper import tax cut, offers incentives to recyclers

Border filling stations asked to check oil smuggling

Toyota Vietnam talks about assembling cars with forgotten engines

Overheating cement market cooling down

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