BLand gets approval for RM21.8 billion property project in Vietnam

Date: 06/11/2009

Berjaya Land Bhd (BLand) today told Bursa Malaysia it has received the investment certificate from the licensing authority in Vietnam for its Nhon Trach New City Centre Project, which is to be managed by Berjaya Nhon Trach New City Centre (Berjaya NTNC Ltd).

WB: Vietnam navigated global financial crisis relatively well

Date: 06/11/2009

The Washington-based World Bank (WB) has said, in its economic update for the East Asia and Pacific, that Vietnam’s economy navigated the global financial crisis relatively well.

Tax changes to lift foreign contractors

Date: 06/11/2009

The government is reintroducing the hybrid method for foreign contractor withholding tax payments from next month.

Business in brief 04/11

Date: 05/11/2009

(Sourced from various news agencies)

Finnish businesses to seek opportunities in Vietnam

Date: 05/11/2009

Representatives of 25 Finnish businesses will accompany Prime Minister Matti Vahanen during his visit to Vietnam from Nov. 15-17, according to the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Taiwan firms to restart huge steel plant early next year

Date: 05/11/2009

The Taiwan-invested Guang Lian Steel (Vietnam) Co., Ltd. will resume the long-stalled steel project in Dung Quat Economic Zone in the central province of Quang Ngai early next year, said the zone management authority.

Difficulties in raising capital despite increased interest rates

Date: 05/11/2009

The interest rates for the VND and USD at some banks have increased by between 0.2-0.4 percent per year against last week’s levels, according to the State Bank of Vietnam.

USD100 mil hotel-villa complex breaks ground in Da Nang

Date: 05/11/2009

Work has begun on a USD100-million hotel and villa complex has been launched in the central city of Da Nang.

Lawmakers reject lower taxes for natural resource exploitation

Date: 05/11/2009

National Assembly members found it “strange” that the draft law on natural resources submitted to the parliament at its Tuesday (3 Nov) session reduces taxes on natural resource exploitation from current levels.

Japan pledges over USD700 million in aid for Vietnam

Date: 04/11/2009

Japan has pledged to provide a hefty 65 billion yen, or USD704 million, in aid for Vietnam for the first half of fiscal 2009.

Van Phong transshipment port gets moving

Date: 04/11/2009

Vietnam National Shipping Lines, or Vinalines, began construction Saturday (31 Oct) of the first two wharves of an international transshipment port complex in Khanh Hoa Province’s Van Phong Bay as the start-up phase for the complex’s lengthy development.

Hai Duong communation and transportation : Paving way for economic development

Date: 04/11/2009

National Road No 18 to Quang Ninh and linking with Bac Ninh were upgraded to the third- class delta road from the forth- class one. The ferries were replaced with Quy Cao Bridge (National Road No 10) and Pha Lai Bridge (National Road No 18). Thanks to that, Hai Duong could escape from the state of "being...

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