Archive for September, 2008
Business briefs September 30
* The Futures and Options Association (FOA) in collaboration with the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (STC) and Dragon Capital Ltd holds an “executive course” for [...]
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Southern bourse sees lowest trading volume from July 23
Continued to be affected strongly by the world market, Vietnam’s stock market witnessed a slumping session today. After the third matching order finished, the VN Index [...]
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UN, WHO urge Vietnamese mothers to breastfeed
The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Vietnam are urging Vietnamese mothers to breastfeed their infants in the wake of [...]
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Viet Steel Group earns 1.235 trillion dong profit in Jan-Aug
Thep Thep Viet (Viet Steel Steel) Joint Stock Co, a member of Viet Steel Group is installing the rolled steel factory with designed capacity of 500,000 tonnes a year which is [...]
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Small, medium developers face bankruptcy as cash crunch tightens
Many Vietnamese property developers are caught between a cash crunch that impedes project implementation and looming payback time on short-term loans. Double-digit inflation [...]
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PV Drilling posts 675b dong profit in Jan-Aug
Listed firm PetroVietnam Well Service and Drilling Joint Stock Corp (coded PVD) has reported that during the first eight months of this year, it gained 2.335 trillion dong in [...]
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Policy medicine for local businesses’ capital shortage
The state bank will hold the base interest rate for October, but has increased rates for commercial banks’ required reserves. Local lenders have committed to further [...]
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Brussels extends import tax on shoes
The European Commission is to extend emergency duties on imports of shoes from China and Vietnam even though a majority of European Union states have urged that they be [...]
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More euro groups back Vietnam on anti-dumping tax
Vietnam has called on the European Commission not to extend its anti-dumping duties on Vietnamese leather-capped shoes and let the current tariffs end on October 6. The [...]
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Firms register to list nearly 22m shares on HASTC
Hanoi Securities Trading Centre (HASTC) announced it received the applications from Hanoi Educational Investment and Development Joint Stock Co, Nghe An Petroleum [...]
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But Son Cement JSC lists additional shares from Sep 26
HASTC listed firm But Son Cement Joint Stock Co will list additional 880,160 ordinary shares at 10,000 dong on the northern bourse with total extra listing value of more than [...]
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VincomSC broker launches mortgage service for listed shares
Vincom Securities Joint Stock Co (VincomSC) in conjunction with Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (Bidv) to launch the mortgage lending service for HASTC and STC [...]
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My Tra hotel company to auction over 1.2m shares
Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (STC) announced that My Tra Hotel Co with the chartered capital of 52 billion dong is asking its approval to auction 1,299,840 shares with the [...]
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Vietnam flood toll up to 32: official
The death toll from floods in northern Vietnam triggered by Typhoon Hagupit has increased to at least 32, with five others still reported missing, disaster officials said [...]
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Vietnamese student arrested for heroin trafficking in India
A Vietnamese college student was arrested at the Bangalore International Airport Wednesday allegedly carrying more than four kilograms of heroin, The Times of India reported. [...]
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