Archive for September, 2008

Business briefs September 30

Business briefs September 30

30-Sep-2008 Intellasia | | 9:10 PM

* 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

30-Sep-2008 Intellasia | VSE | 9:03 PM

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

30-Sep-2008 Intellasia | Thanhniennews | 7:01 AM

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

30-Sep-2008 Intellasia | Dau Tu Chung Khoan page 20 | 7:01 AM

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

30-Sep-2008 Intellasia | Thanhniennews | 7:01 AM

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

PV Drilling posts 675b dong profit in Jan-Aug

30-Sep-2008 Intellasia | Thoi Bao Kinh Te Vietnam | 7:01 AM

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

30-Sep-2008 Intellasia | Vietnam Investment Reviews page 16 | 7:01 AM

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

30-Sep-2008 Intellasia | Financial Times | 7:01 AM

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

30-Sep-2008 Intellasia | Vietnamnet | 7:01 AM

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

30-Sep-2008 Intellasia | Thoi Bao Kinh Te Vietnam | 7:01 AM

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

30-Sep-2008 Intellasia | Kinh Te Vietnam & The Gioi page 16 | 7:01 AM

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

30-Sep-2008 Intellasia | Thoi Bao Kinh Te Vietnam page 10 | 7:01 AM

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

30-Sep-2008 Intellasia | Lao Dong | 7:01 AM

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

30-Sep-2008 Intellasia | AFP | 7:01 AM

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

30-Sep-2008 Intellasia | Thanhniennews | 7:01 AM

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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