Archive for June 29th, 2011
The First Crowne Plaza Residences Opens in My Dinh
The Crowne Plaza West Hanoi Residences has officially opened its doors to the public on 22 June 2011, the brand’s first resident property in Vietnam. Conveniently [...]
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Asian marts shadowed by Greek debt woes
Asian stock markets mostly fell yesterday Monday June 27 as dealers worried that Greece’s debt problems were going to infect other parts of Europe. Markets dropped [...]
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Asian markets higher on Greece deal hopes
Growing optimism that European officials are close to a plan to help Athens solve its debt crisis boosted most Asian stocks yesterday Tuesday June 28, but fears over a Greek [...]
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Asian shares advance on Greek optimism
Asian equity markets gained sharply in early trading on Wednesday, amid growing hope that Greece will avoid an imminent default. Japan’s Nikkei Stock Average [...]
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Storms kill 22 people in northern Vietnam
The government says storms in northern Vietnam have killed 22 people as five more bodies were recovered. Five others are missing and 65 have been injured. The Floods and [...]
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Thai insurgency edges into election debate
After seven years of near-daily attacks that have left thousands dead, a long-overlooked insurgency in southern Thailand is slowly creeping up the political agenda ahead of [...]
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Vietnam’s IIP in Jan-Jun surges 9.7pct: GSO
Vietnam’s IIP (index of industrial production) to replace the industrial production value which details out the growth of industrial sectors in the economy in the first [...]
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Inflation seen at 17-18pct by end-2011-report
Vietnam is likely to end the year with an inflation rate of 17-18 percent, the Vietnam Economic Times newspaper quoted Planning and Investment minister Vo Hong Phuc as [...]
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Vietnam’s state budget deficit estimated at over 30tr dong as of mid Jun: MoPI
Vietnam’s state budget deficit is estimated to amount to 30.145 trillion dong from early this year as of June 15, approximately 25 percent of the year estimate approved [...]
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Vietnam first-half trade deficit $6.65b
Vietnam’s trade deficit reached $6.65 billion for the first half, official estimates showed Monday, below the government’s target but pointing to continuing [...]
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Vietnam’s apparel exports at over $6b in H1
The country’s total apparel product export turnover in the first half of 2011 is estimated to reach $6.16 billion, a year-on-year increase of 30 percent. In the rest of [...]
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Robust demand for G-bonds to help stabilise yields: Standard Chartered
Robust domestic demand will help stabilise bond yields ahead of the peak in y/y inflation in Q3-2011, the Standard Chartered Bank said in a recent research. Robust domestic [...]
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Actualised FDI at over $5b in Jan-Jun
Foreign direct investment (FDI) capital disbursement in the first six months of this year reached $5.3 billion, or 98.1 percent against the same period last year, Overseas [...]
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Inward remittance to HCM City up 27pct in H1
The total amount of inward remittance sent to HCM City has surpassed $2.47 billion threshold, up over 27 percent over the same period last year. The aforementioned [...]
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Vietnam gems, jewellery exports touch $ 1.027b in six months
General Statistical Office (GSO) has reported that the country earned $630 million from exporting gemstone, precious stones and jewellery in June, bringing total figure of [...]
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