Ministry warns of fraud in Hong Kong

Date: 23/08/2009

The trade ministry has asked local businesses to exercise extreme caution when trading with Hong Kong partners after two businesses reported being defrauded there.

Shoe exports to drop to $4.6 billion this year

Date: 23/08/2009

Vietnamese footwear exports will drop by 3.7 percent to less than US$4.6 billion this year, Dau Tu newspaper reported Friday, citing the Vietnam Leather and Footwear Association.

Vietnam’s Cavico plans to list shares on Nasdaq in September

Date: 23/08/2009

Vietnam’s Cavico plans to list shares on Nasdaq in September Cavico Corp., a construction and mining company, expects to list its shares on Nasdaq Stock Market as early as next month.

Vinafood allowed to sell 300 tons of unlabelled meat

Date: 23/08/2009

The Vinafood Corporation will be allowed to sell nearly 300 tons of meat that contravened labeling and registration regulation after it passed recent food safety tests.

Renumbering project stymied by unnamed streets

Date: 23/08/2009

A pilot project to restore order to door numbers in four Ho Chi Minh City districts has run into the dead-end of unnamed streets and construction plans that could change the character of several others.

Cautiously, overseas Vietnamese eye real estate investments

Date: 20/08/2009

Viet Kieu (overseas Vietnamese) will be allowed to purchase real estate in their own names from September 1, 2009. However, experts doubt the new policy will cause any immediate changes in the real estate market.

Tiny alley shops are full of bargains

Date: 20/08/2009

More and more shops are sprouting up in HCM City, not in street-front houses but in back alley rooms. This new retail trend has been developing in parallel with Internet-based sales.

Producers and providers should show their patriotism to consumers

Date: 20/08/2009

The “Vietnamese people using Vietnamese products” campaign is imperative but not for consumers only. Producers and utility providers should by the first to sign up.

Expect long delays in HCMC highway holdups

Date: 20/08/2009

Drivers should expect long hold ups day or night on the two big roads heading north and south from Ho Chi Minh City.

Illegal sand dredging places villagers at risk

Date: 19/08/2009

Sand is being illegally dredged from the Day river, creating a risk of landslides and the collapse of about 60 houses in Ha Noi’s Phuc Khe village through which it runs.

Malaysia keens to invest in construction in Vietnam

Date: 19/08/2009

Vietnam’s potential, opportunities, environment and investment incentives in infrastructure construction were presented to Malaysian businesses at a workshop in Hanoi on August 18.

Border trade zone launches promotion campaign

Date: 19/08/2009

An Giang province has introduced its duty free Tinh Bien trade zone and announced a trade fair to spotlight Vietnam’s ‘high-quality products’.

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