MOIT plans 10 more steel projects

Date: 25/04/2009

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) is going to submit a list of 10 steel projects to the Prime Minister by the end of December, which will be added to the steel industry development strategy. Meanwhile, associations have called for thorough consideration over steel projects.

Real estate loans not a worry: SBV

Date: 25/04/2009

Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam Nguyen Van Giau affirmed at a recent meeting with businesses in HCM City that non-performing real estate loans are not considerable.

Vietnam Capital City Needs VND18 Tln to Cope with Waterlog by 2020

Date: 25/04/2009

Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi needs between VND13 trillion and VND18 trillion (US$787.8 million - US$1 billion) to upgrade and build water drainage systems to protect it from flooding from now up to 2020

Local business optimism ranks third in the world

Date: 25/04/2009

Private businesses in Vietnam are the world’s third most optimistic firms, despite global turmoil and high domestic inflation, a Grant Thornton survey has concluded.

Top foreign-invested companies to take home Golden Dragon Awards

Date: 25/04/2009

The eighth Golden investment Dragon Awards will be grant to 80 foreign-invested companies for their excellent business performance.

Steel import tax increase proposed

Date: 25/04/2009

At a meeting between the Vietnam Steel Association and the Ministry of Industry and Trade, domestic steel producers proposed raising the import tax in order to rescue domestic steel producers

PVN prepares for bad scenario when oil price plunge to $30

Date: 25/04/2009

The Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) said it is preparing for a bad scenario when the crude oil price drops to $30/barrel, a decrease of $40/barrel from the initial estimated level.

Business in brief 11/12/2008

Date: 25/04/2009

Swiss corp. builds second factory in Vietnam

The paradoxes in the foreign currency market

Date: 25/04/2009

Paradoxes exist in the foreign currency market: the dollar mobilization capital proves to be profuse, but loans remain low, and interest rates are still very high and even higher than those in the world market. Meanwhile, banks and businesses can hardly purchase dollars because the supply cannot meet...

Trade unions and RoK investors discuss labour issues

Date: 25/04/2009

The Vietnamese Trade Union and investors from the Republic of Korea held a meeting in Hanoi on Nov. 10 to discuss labour issues.

Lotte plans to open 30 supermarkets in Vietnam

Date: 25/04/2009

The first Lotte Mart opened today in HCM City with investment capital of US$75 million. This South Korean retailer plans to invest US$5 billion to open 30 supermarkets in big cities of Vietnam within the next 15 years.

Office rents continue to tumble

Date: 25/04/2009

Office rents in Viet Nam, particularly in HCMC, keep going down and have started to fall faster due to new developments in the city and as the global crisis deepens, according to Cushman & Wakefield.

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