Asia-Pacific kickstarts first talks in bid to trade super bloc

Date: 10/05/2013

Sixteen Asia-Pacific nations including Japan and China held the first round of negotiations yesterday toward the creation of one of the world’s largest free trade blocs.

City projects seek investors

Date: 09/05/2013

City authorities are calling for investment in dozens of projects in HCM City’s Thu Thiem new urban area, which is expected to be a major international financial-commercial centre by 2020.

Aquafeed plant inaugurated in Vinh Long province

Date: 09/05/2013

The Netherlands’ De Heus Branch Co. Ltd. on May 8 put into operation an aquafeed plant in the Hoa Phu Industrial Zone, southern Vinh Long province.

Used-car taxes to rise up to $800

Date: 08/05/2013

The import tax on used cars of nine seats or more will increase on June 20, according to the Prime Minister’s Decision 24/2013/QD-TTg.

Investors shun city ferry plan

Date: 08/05/2013

A plan to develop a ferry system to relieve traffic congestion on HCM City roads was publicised with great fanfare a few years ago, but only one company has expressed interest in investing in such a system.

Vietnam, IRRI boost cooperation

Date: 08/05/2013

Vietnam and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) on May 7 inked a memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on technological cooperation to develop Vietnam ’s rice sector.

Gas-fired power plants to run on oil

Date: 07/05/2013

Several gas-fired power plants like Phu My, Ba Ria, Nhon Trach 1, Nhon Trach 2, Phu My 2-2 and Phu My 3 will run on oil due to gas supply interruptions over the next few months.

Viettel gets nod to provide cable TV services

Date: 07/05/2013

The military-run mobile service operator Viettel has reportedly been licensed to provide cable television services and plans to start the business in the last quarter of this year, a source told the Daily.

Myanmar offers huge opportunities for VN investors

Date: 07/05/2013

Myanmar, the last untapped market in Southeast Asia, is opening to the world and offers plenty of opportunities to Vietnamese investors, a conference on investment in Myanmar heard in HCM City in 3rd May.

Business in brief 6 May 2013

Date: 07/05/2013

(Sourced from various news agencies)

Vietnamese boycotting Coca-Cola on the suspicion about transfer pricing

Date: 07/05/2013

The information that Coca-Cola has not paid any dong in tax over the last 10 years of operating in Vietnam has raised a wave of anger among Vietnamese.

‘New Rusalka’ project gets license

Date: 06/05/2013

Khanh Hoa Province’s government has granted the investment license for a company to continue the unfinished tourism project that was halted after its investor was captured over fraud eight years ago.

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