Category: Economy
Vietnam’s medium-term GDP grows 6.5pct: Ernst & Young
Ernst & Young, a global assurance, tax and advisory services firm, has forecast Vietnam’s average gross domestic product will grow at least 6.5 percent between 2013 [...]
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TPP talks’ latest round starts in Peru
The latest round of talks on the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement (TPP) is underway in Peru’s capital city of Lima. Closed-door talks, launched on [...]
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Vietnam runs a trade deficit of $723m in Jan-Apr: Customs
General Department of Vietnam Customs has announced the official statistics about Vietnam’s export and import activities in April and the first four months of this [...]
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Two urgent tasks to rescue economy
Two urgent tasks were given in the report on socioeconomic performance in January-April delivered at the 18th meeting of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly (NA) [...]
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Social and health insurance arrears at over 9.696tr dong
On May 16 2013, Vietnam Social Insurance said that, despite efforts of local social insurance units, the total amount of social and health insurance arrears were nearly 9.697 [...]
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Vietnam, Russia aim for $7b two-way trade
Prime minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev on Monday discussed workable measures to raise the two-way trade to $7 billion by 2015. On his [...]
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Russia, Vietnam Ink Multi million-Dollar Deals
Vietnamese prime minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s visit to Russia this week has led to a raft of new deals between the two countries, including agreements for a $100mn oil [...]
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Putin Says Cooperation with Vietnam Positive
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that his country’s cooperation with Vietnam has been developing positively during talks with visiting Vietnamese prime [...]
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Belarus, Vietnam Sign $100m Worth of Contracts
Belarus and Vietnam signed 10 commercial contracts worth over $100 million, Belarus Premier Mikhail Myasnikovich told media after his meeting with prime minister of the [...]
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FDI sector continues robust export growth
Regardless of economic difficulties, foreign investment enterprises (FIEs) have constantly posted strong export growth, with year-on-year growth of 31.1 percent in 2012 and [...]
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Vietnam misses four of the 15 major targets in 2012: Nguyen Sinh Hung
In the discussing session on social-economic development hold by Standing Committee of National Assembly dated 14th May, minister of Planning and Investment Bui Quang Vinh [...]
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Iran, Vietnam target $500m trade
Iran will work closely with Vietnam to raise annual two-way trade to $500 million in the future, said Iranian minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Mehdi Ghazanfari. The [...]
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Vietnam-Mexico trade on the rise
Two-way trade between Vietnam and Mexico reached $199 million in the first quarter of this year, up 1.01 percent compared to the same period last year. Of the figure, [...]
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Positive signs on economy as NA meets
The economy showed positive signs in the first quarter of this year, the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee was told yesterday. It was also told that GDP growth hit [...]
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HCM City aims to double per capita income by 2020
HCM City sets a target to double its average income by 2020 and triple it by 2025, according to a master plan approved by the People’s Council on May 13. The [...]
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