Starbucks primping for debut in Vietnam market

Date: 19/12/2012

Starbucks, the world’s largest and most famous coffeehouse company, is planning to open its first Vietnam outlet in mid January in Ho Chi Minh City, a spokesman for the company said last week.

Business in brief 18 Dec 2012

Date: 19/12/2012

(Sourced from various news agencies)

Quang Ninh: A new northern hub?

Date: 18/12/2012

Best known as the home of the stunning seascape of Halong Bay, the province of Quang Ninh, on the border of southern China, is offering investors opportunities in industry, infrastructure and tourism

Vinatex to sell non-core operations

Date: 18/12/2012

The Viet Nam Textile and Garment (Vinatex) Group plans next year to continue divesting capital from non-core lines of business such as banking, securities investment and beverage production.

Experts call for debt market

Date: 18/12/2012

Viet Nam should seriously consider setting up a market for the sale and purchase of debts, several experts said

Despite big difficulties, multi-billion dollar projects still wait in line

Date: 15/12/2012

The year 2013 is believed to be the suitable time for starting up new urban area projects.

Vietnam’s lighting industry is set to glow

Date: 15/12/2012

Vietnam had huge potential as the government was seeking to replace traditional lights with eco-friendly and high-efficiency lights, said Alex Lee, managing director of Korean company Stavis Korea.

Footwear, leather bag exports to fetch US$8.5 billion

Date: 15/12/2012

The leather and footwear sector is trying to meet this year’s US$8.5 billion export earning target despite numerous difficulties in the market.

Chamber urges corporate tax cut

Date: 15/12/2012

The Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry is calling for corporate income tax rates to be cut from 25 per cent to 23 per cent and has circulted a proposed revision to the Law on Corporate Income Taxation.

USD1-billion hotel project lot remains a wasteland

Date: 15/12/2012

A USD1-billion hotel project site invested in by the Kinh Bac City Development Holding Corporation in Hanoi remains a wasteland

Business environment needs stability

Date: 15/12/2012

Around 55,000 enterprises in Vietnam may file for bankruptcy by the end of this year but the situation was not overly serious, one official said.

Support industry sector should be rapidly developed

Date: 13/12/2012

Challenges to the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) by 2018 and the target to become an industrialized country by 2020 are placing increasingly heavy pressure on most of Vietnam’s support industries.

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