Archive for February, 2008
Company, bank, stock market briefs Feb 29
* The State Securities Commission (SSC) on February 26 granted license for Vinaconex Glass Fiber Reinforced Polyester Pipe Joint Stock Co (Viglafico) with a chartered capital [...]
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VN Index slides out of 670 marks
Since February 12, the stock market witnessed 13 declines and only one slight increase and the VN Index lost total of 177.93 points. Ending the session on February 29, the [...]
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Thai miner Banpu Q4 net profit up 68.9%, beat forecasts
Thailand’s top coal miner Banpu reported a 68.9% rise in fourth-quarter net profit on Wednesday February 27, beating market forecasts, mainly due to record high coal [...]
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Straits Asia net profit in 2007 down by 40.7% yoy
Straits Asia Resources, the Indonesian coal mining subsidiary of Australia’s Straits Resources, said that its net profit fell by 40.7% yoy to US$28.6 million in 2007 as [...]
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Argonaut Resources announces new 2.8 kilometres nickel sulphide discovery along Mekong River in Laos
Argonaut Resources NL (ASX: ARE.AX) is pleased to announce an additional focus for the Company’s gold exploration strategies in South East Asia with a new nickel [...]
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Petrolimex explains business result in Q4
HCM City Stock Exchange (STC) on February 25 reported that Petrolimex Import Export Joint Stock Co had sent the document to explain changes of its business results between [...]
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Two Vietnamese suspected with bird flu
Vietnam’s National Institute of Infectious and Tropical Diseases is treating two people from northern Hung Yen and Thai Nguyen provinces, who have developed bird flu [...]
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Tokyo to back Gambari plan to aid Burma
Tokyo, despite its partial freeze on humanitarian aid to Burma, plans to give its backing to a UN plan to assist the impoverished nation in eradicating poverty, sources said. [...]
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Burma to jail referendum disrupters
Anyone who distributes leaflets or makes speeches against Burma’s constitutional referendum can be imprisoned for three-years under new rules governing the May vote [...]
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Lao villagers not ready for dam impact -group
Efforts to ease the social and environmental impact of a controversial dam in Communist Laos are behind schedule only months before its massive reservoir is flooded, an [...]
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Indonesia wants Suu Kyi in Burma democracy process
Indonesia wants to see democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi included in the political process in military-ruled Burma, Foreign minister Hassan Wirayuda said Wednesday February 27. [...]
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Foreign investment in Cambodia dips
The Cambodian government said Wednesday February 27 that total foreign investments in 2007 were US$2.7 billion, a figure barely half that of 2006′s US$4.3 billion. Sok [...]
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Saigon Maritime Co to pay at 8% dividend
The Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (STC) recently announced that the registration deadline for Saigon Maritime Joint Stock Co (coded SHC) to close the list of shareholders is on [...]
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Malay metal precision stamping to enter Vietnam
Jotech Holdings Bhd, a metal precision stamping outfit, plans to expand its foothold in the Asian region by venturing into Vietnam. The foray into Vietnam aims to capitalise [...]
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Amway Vietnam starts operation
Amway Vietnam Ltd Co (AVCL) on February 26 officially announced to start its business operation in Vietnam with the investment capital of US$14 million, marking the 58th [...]
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