Business in brief in 30 October 2012

Date: 31/10/2012

(Sourced from various news agencies)

HCM City prepares for new financial centre

Date: 29/10/2012

Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Transport plans to kick off construction of four main roads at Thu Thiem new urban area in District 2, the city’s new financial centre, in June 2013.

Phase two of ring road opens

Date: 29/10/2012

Phase 2 of the VND5.5 trillion (US$256 million) Ha Noi Ring Road 3 project funded by Japanese official development assistance loans, opened yesterday in Ha Noi.

Viet deal seen for First Pacific next year

Date: 29/10/2012

An investment team representing Hong Kong-based First Pacific Co. Ltd. that has returned from Vietnam expects to finalize a deal in that country next year, one of the members of the group said in an interview late last week.

New casino team bets on Vietnam

Date: 29/10/2012

We believe that Lao Cai International Hotel is well placed to take advantage of the tourism growth from mainland China and is easily accessible because of geographical location near the China border.

Keppel Land to build over 6,400 homes

Date: 29/10/2012

Keppel Land Vietnam has said it is preparing to kick off work on a major project to build more than 6,400 homes in HCMC’s District 2.

Ninh Thuan Nuclear Power Plants May not Be Kicked off as Schedule

Date: 29/10/2012

According to plan, in 2014, the first nuclear power plant in Vietnam will be constructed in Ninh Thuan province, central Vietnam.

WB funds new power station in Thanh Hoa

Date: 29/10/2012

A contract to construct the 260 MW Trung Son hydropower station, which is the first to be funded by the World Bank, was signed in Hanoi in October 2012.

Expressway through Da Nang gets nod

Date: 29/10/2012

The 140km Da Nang-Quang Ngai Expressway Development project will start construction next June, the deputy director of the Transport Ministry’s Project Managing Unit (PMU), Nguyen Trung Sy, has announced.

Vinamilk to build two new dairy plants

Date: 29/10/2012

The Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk) will pour 4 trillion VND (200 million USD) into two new dairy plants in the southern province of Binh Duong.

VinaCapital hooks up foreign investors

Date: 29/10/2012

Scores of heavy-weight foreign investors have been hooked up with opportunities in Vietnam thanks to VinaCapital’s annual investor conference.

Laws look to improve labor relations

Date: 29/10/2012

The revised Labour Code and Trade Union Law were the legal foundation for the development of industrial relations and labor in Vietnam, Truong Thi Mai, the National Assembly’s Social Affairs Committee Chairwoman, said in Oct 2012.

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