Category: Vietnam
Establish national gold exchange: experts
Experts deemed it necessary to set up a national gold exchange to deal with the widening gap between local and global gold prices – and the preference for keeping gold [...]
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Airfreight needs makeover
Vietnam’s airfreight sector has great development potential, but it needs to beef up its ability to compete against foreign rivals in the domestic market, experts said [...]
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Agro-forestry, fishery exports hit $8.6 billion
The export of agro-forestry and fishery products in the first four months of this year has brought in $8.67 billion, up 0.4 percent year-on-year, according to the Ministry of [...]
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Favourable opportunities for footwear exports
Most Vietnamese footwear businesses have received steady orders, for the second and third quarters of 2013, according to the Vietnam Leather and Footwear Association [...]
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New Zealand assists Vietnam in dragon fruit export
New Zealand has started on a project to help Vietnam achieve its target of becoming the world’s leading exporter of dragon fruit. Under the five-year project, the New [...]
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Hanoi to grant land, house deeds to foreigners
Certificates of land use rights and certificates of ownership over houses and land-related properties will be granted to eligible overseas Vietnamese and foreigners in the [...]
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State budget deficit as of mid-April estimated at 56.6tr dong
The figure from general Statistical Office (GSO) showed that the total state budget revenues since early this year till middle of April were estimated at 201.4 trillion dong, [...]
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Vietnam’s IIP rises 5pct in first four months
Vietnam’s index of industrial production (IIP) in April rose 5.8 percent from the same period last year, of which, the mining sector posted the lowest rise, general [...]
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Inflation ‘Limits Room’ for Vietnam Rate Cuts: IMF
The International Monetary Fund is not very hopeful that Vietnam can make further interest rate cuts this year. “While headline inflation has come down, core inflation [...]
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Fair showcases northern provinces’ specialities
An agriculture, industry and trade fair of the northern mountain region will be held in Ha Giang province from May 3-9. Nguyen Duc Vinh, director of the Ha Giang provincial [...]
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Actualised investment capital from state budget reaches over 51tr dong in first four months
In the first four months of this year, the actualised investment capital from the state budget reached 51.374 trillion dong, or 25.7 percent of the year’s plan (down [...]
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Hard to achieve GDP growth of 5.5pct in 2013: MoPI
Vietnam’s gross domestic products (GDP) growth this year will be hard to reach 5.5 percent, Ministry of Planning and Investment (MoPI) forecasted in its recent report. [...]
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Managing retail centres a little known art
When bad business forces big shopping malls to close, what can be done to revive business? In light of recent developments in Hanoi, VIR talked to Leanne Michell, regional [...]
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Vietnam welcomes waves of Russian tourists
While the number of tourists from other European countries has been on a decline, common tourism spots around Vietnam are being flooded by Russian holidaymakers. Around [...]
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High-end properties pushed despite slump
The crisis in Vietnam’s real estate market has not hindered some developers from expanding their high-end property portfolios. [Keo tha anh vao noi dung bien tap] Many [...]
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