USD 566m contract for Nhat Tan bridge

Date: 25/08/2009

A VND10.2 trillion (USD 566.5 million) contract has been signed to build Nhat Tan suspension bridge and its northern approach. It is the biggest of three tender packages covering the project.

VN looks to boost energy sector

Date: 25/08/2009

Favourable conditions to be created to attract investment, says deputy trade minister.

Economists debate need for ‘second stimulus package’

Date: 25/08/2009

Dr. Le Duc Thuy, the Chairman of Vietnam’s Finance and Monetary Policy Oversight Committee, advocates continued but more narrowly focused demand stimulus for some time into 2010. Meanwhile, the Vietnam representative of the ADB, Ayumi Konishi, said that if the Government opts for a ‘second stimulus...

Promoting Vietnamese goods at the Cambodian border

Date: 25/08/2009

Now that demand from Western customers is depressed by the global economic crisis, Vietnamese businesses have been eyeing Cambodia, a neighbouring market to which they have paid little attention in the past.

Canada wants to promote economic ties with Vietnam

Date: 25/08/2009

The Canadian government wants to boost economic ties with Vietnam, promote negotiation on investment protection and promotion agreement, said a Canadian senior trade official.

Cassava exports buck downturn

Date: 25/08/2009

Cassava is becoming an increasingly profitable export due to growing world demand, domestic traders have said.

Leading domestic coffee exporters band together

Date: 25/08/2009

The Vietnam Coffee and Cocoa Association’s newly created club of leading coffee exporters is expected to promote the development of the country’s coffee industry.

Dong Thap urges investment for 55 projects

Date: 25/08/2009

The Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap is calling upon domestic and foreign investors to get involved in its 55 projects which require a total capital of nearly 4 trillion VND (222 million USD).

Real estate valuation institutions still outside the ‘playing field’

Date: 25/08/2009

Real estate valuation institutions are still playing a minimal role in the real estate market, which explains why investors cannot get the information they want when they are considering investment decisions.

VN looks to boost energy sector

Date: 25/08/2009

Favourable conditions to be created to attract investment, says deputy trade minister

Ministry forecasts show that local economy is down but not out

Date: 25/08/2009

Deputy Director of the Viet Nam Institute of Economics Dr Bui Quang Tuan spoke to Thoi bao Ngan hang (Banking Times) newspaper about the necessity for healthy competition in the credit sector.

Banks hurrying to expand networks

Date: 25/08/2009

Feeling the stiffer competition in the finance market, many domestic banks are redoubling their efforts to expand their networks of branches, which they did intensively in 2007 but partially abandoned in 2008 due to the economic downturn.

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