VAMA proposes lower registration fee amid slow sales

Date: 28/05/2012

The Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (VAMA) has proposed a 5 per cent automobile registration fee applied nationwide.

Survey shows lending rates still hover around 19%

Date: 28/05/2012

Some 44% of corporate borrowers are offered lending rates at over 19%, while the acceptable rate is said to be below 14% per annum, says a survey of the HCMC Statistics Office.

M&A activities keep rising

Date: 28/05/2012

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the local market amounted to US$4.7 billion last year, with the value of deals involving foreign investors reaching 66%, heard a press conference on the 2012 M&A Vietnam Forum in Hanoi in 24 May.

Business in brief in 25 May

Date: 28/05/2012

(Sourced from various news agencies)

Can Tho attracts more US$76 million into IZs

Date: 14/05/2012

Since early this year, Can Tho has granted licences to 10 projects in industrial zones (IZs) with a total capitalization of US$76 million.

Binh Duong leads nation in attracting FDI

Date: 14/05/2012

Southern Binh Duong province takes the lead in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first four months of this year, with 1.6 billion USD, accounting for 37.2 percent of the country’s total FDI.

150 SOEs must be equitized every year

Date: 14/05/2012

In the first four months of 2012, only four State-owned enterprises (SOEs) were equitized, said a report of the Steering Committee for Enterprise Reform and Development. This is a slow progress given an urgent need for SOEs equitization. Pham Viet Muon, deputy chief of the steering committee, who also...

Business in brief in 14 May

Date: 14/05/2012

(Sourced from various news agencies)

Sanofi plans third drug plant in City

Date: 14/05/2012

Pharmaceutical giant Sanofi has said it is working on a plan to build a new pharmaceutical facility in Vietnam to meet high domestic and regional demands as its two existing plants in HCMC are running at full capacity.

Four important circulars on monetary and banking sector effective from early May

Date: 04/05/2012

Credit institutions have to reduce the foreign currency status by the end of day to 20 percent from May 2.

Ho Chi Minh Citys urban plan to embrace green development

Date: 04/05/2012

Ho Chi Minh City will continue to complete its urban infrastructure in the coming years to turn into a greener and larger urban zone, according to the city’s Department of Planning and Architecture.

Hap Seng opens Mercedes Autohaus in Vietnam

Date: 04/05/2012

Vietnam Star’s Mercedes-Benz Gallery in Ho Chi Minh City was built with an investment of US$5 million.

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