Work starts on USD 6bil Dong Nai urban area

Date: 17/08/2009

Construction has begun on the Eastern Saigon urban area project with total investment capital expected to amount to US$6 billion in Dong Nai Province’s Nhon Trach District.

ATMs to accept tax payments

Date: 17/08/2009

Long-term plan to modernise operations of the Taxation Department and Treasury.

City takes actions to cope with impacts of climate change

Date: 15/08/2009

The HCMC Department of Natural Resources and Environment has just submitted to the city’s government for final approval a project to coordinate actions to cope with the bad impacts caused by the climate change in the city.

Many polluters in HCMC disregard penalties

Date: 15/08/2009

Many enterprises in HCMC that have been fined for polluting the environment have continued to discharge wastewater or other polluting substances onto the environment, refused to pay fines or upgrade their treatment facilities as required, said the city’s environment inspectors.

Yen Bai urged to boost growth with local strengths

Date: 14/08/2009

On a working trip to northern provinces, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung visited Yen Bai Province and encouraged local leaders to utilise the province’s abundant natural resources in developing hydro-power plants, construction and cement industries.

Gold, dollar, petrol prices increasing, but goods’ prices staying firm

Date: 14/08/2009

The high prices of gold and dollars and the continued petrol price increases recently have sparked concerns about the price increases of other goods. However, retailers say goods’ prices will stay the same.

3G-licence winners face tough circumstances

Date: 14/08/2009

The Ministry of Information and Communications granted four thrird generation (3G) mobile phone operator’s licences on August 13th, which will take effect on September 15th to Viettel, MobiFone, VinaPhone and EVN Telecom-Hanoi Telecom.

Vietnam succeeds in farming medicinal mushroom

Date: 14/08/2009

Reishi and Medicinal Mushrooms Research has successfully grown the Thuong Hoang mushroom which has active elements that can help treat cancers, especially in the breast, liver, and stomach.

New decree offers more help to SMEs

Date: 14/08/2009

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will benefit from the Government’s newly-issued decree on assistance in finance, land and technology reform, which will take effect on August 25.

Bank capital adequacy rules tighten

Date: 14/08/2009

The State Bank of Vietnam on Aug 11 tightened the cap on the ratio that commercial banks and to the financial institutions may maintain between short-term deposits and medium- to long-term outstanding loans, in a new move to increase the security of the banking system.

Petrol dealers freer to raise prices

Date: 14/08/2009

A new regulation on the petrol price stabilisation fund will allow petrol dealers to raise retail fuel prices at times of high world oil prices if the fund has been depleted.

Saigon Newport opens ICD in Dong Nai

Date: 13/08/2009

Tan Cang - Long Binh ICD Joint Stock Company, an arm of Saigon Newport Company, last week inaugurated Tan Cang - Long Binh ICD customs clearance point in the southern province of Dong Nai.

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