http://www.intellasia.net/news/english/ Asia's best news source Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:25:39 +0800 en-us http://www.intellasia.net/news/articles/economy/111355703.shtml Economy There are many opportunities to invest in Myanmar, says Vietnamese counsellor in Myanmar Tran Phuoc Anh. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:00:00 +0800 http://www.intellasia.net/news/articles/economy/111355703.shtml http://www.intellasia.net/news/articles/economy/111355704.shtml Economy The UK has for the first time in seven years become one of Vietnam's top ten visitor-generating markets, with nearly 18,000 Britons coming here last month, a year-on-year increase of 39.7 percent, reported the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT). Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:00:00 +0800 http://www.intellasia.net/news/articles/economy/111355704.shtml http://www.intellasia.net/news/articles/economy/111355705.shtml Economy Two-way trade between Vietnam and Brazil in 2011 hit more than $1.4 billion, up 53.8 percent from a year earlier, according to the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (MDIC). Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:00:00 +0800 http://www.intellasia.net/news/articles/economy/111355705.shtml http://www.intellasia.net/news/articles/economy/111355706.shtml Economy At the regular cabinet meeting session in January 2012, the Vietnamese Ministry of Planning and Investment (MoPI) reported the socio-economic situation in January whereby the total state budget revenues in January were estimated at 61.5 trillion dong, or 8.3 percent of the year's estimate and the total state budget expenditures were estimated at 65.4 trillion dong, or 7.2 percent of the year's estimate. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:00:00 +0800 http://www.intellasia.net/news/articles/economy/111355706.shtml http://www.intellasia.net/news/articles/economy/111355686.shtml Economy Figures from General Statistical Office (GSO) have showed that the total number of international visitors coming to Vietnam in January 2012 increased up to 24.8 percent from the same period last year. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:32:02 +0800 http://www.intellasia.net/news/articles/economy/111355686.shtml http://www.intellasia.net/news/articles/economy/111355563.shtml Economy The VND160 trillion ($7.64 billion) supplied by the central bank for liquidity support before the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday will not cause any impact on inflation, said a central bank's official. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:00:00 +0800 http://www.intellasia.net/news/articles/economy/111355563.shtml http://www.intellasia.net/news/articles/economy/111355564.shtml Economy The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) will provide over 495,000 USD for extending a project to help develop the sea-based economy in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:00:00 +0800 http://www.intellasia.net/news/articles/economy/111355564.shtml http://www.intellasia.net/news/articles/economy/111355565.shtml Economy Israel 's businesses want to invest in Vietnam, according to the Asia Pacific Market Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:00:00 +0800 http://www.intellasia.net/news/articles/economy/111355565.shtml http://www.intellasia.net/news/articles/economy/111355566.shtml Economy Prime minister Nguyen Tan Dung laid stress on controlling inflation at a single digit as one of urgent tasks to be drastically addressed to help the country maintain a reasonable growth of around 6 percent for the whole year. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:00:00 +0800 http://www.intellasia.net/news/articles/economy/111355566.shtml http://www.intellasia.net/news/articles/economy/111355567.shtml Economy While Germany is already the most important market in the European Union for Vietnamese exports, there's still huge potential for further increasing exports to Germany, said Do Thang Hai, head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT)'s Trade Promotion Department. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:00:00 +0800 http://www.intellasia.net/news/articles/economy/111355567.shtml http://www.intellasia.net/news/articles/economy/111355568.shtml Economy The first batch of 2,300 Vietnamese labourers has been recruited by the Republic of Korea' employers, according to Phan Van Minh, director of the Overseas Labour Centre, under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:00:00 +0800 http://www.intellasia.net/news/articles/economy/111355568.shtml http://www.intellasia.net/news/articles/economy/111355378.shtml Economy Vietnam's trade deficit narrowed in January from December, providing support for a currency that was devalued by about 7 percent a year ago. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:00:00 +0800 http://www.intellasia.net/news/articles/economy/111355378.shtml http://www.intellasia.net/news/articles/economy/111355358.shtml Economy Vietnam's index of industrial production (IIP) for January slipped an estimated 2.4 percent from the same month last year, slowing from an increase of 7.5 percent last month, the government said on Thursday. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:33:01 +0800 http://www.intellasia.net/news/articles/economy/111355358.shtml http://www.intellasia.net/news/articles/economy/111355349.shtml Economy General Statistical Office (GSO) has recently reported that Vietnam's FDI (foreign direct investment) attraction in January 2012 reached $37.3 million, or 2.5 percent from the same period last year. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:04:17 +0800 http://www.intellasia.net/news/articles/economy/111355349.shtml http://www.intellasia.net/news/articles/economy/111355215.shtml Economy Inflation in Vietnam could cool down this year, yet by a lower rate than expected, while GDP growth may also lag behind target, foresees a recent report by Ernst & Young. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:00:00 +0800 http://www.intellasia.net/news/articles/economy/111355215.shtml http://www.intellasia.net/news/articles/economy/111355216.shtml Economy Prime minister Nguyen Tan Dung has signed a decision to ratify an import/export strategy for the period 2011-20 with an orientation towards 2030. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:00:00 +0800 http://www.intellasia.net/news/articles/economy/111355216.shtml http://www.intellasia.net/news/articles/economy/111355217.shtml Economy The Minutes of Meeting of the fifth Vietnam-UK Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO 5) were signed in Hanoi on February 1. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:00:00 +0800 http://www.intellasia.net/news/articles/economy/111355217.shtml http://www.intellasia.net/news/articles/economy/111355218.shtml Economy Vietnam Ministry of Labour, Invalid and Social Affairs plans to increase the average income of the poor households by 1.6 times in 2012 compared with the year earlier. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:00:00 +0800 http://www.intellasia.net/news/articles/economy/111355218.shtml http://www.intellasia.net/news/articles/economy/111355219.shtml Economy Around 80,000 tourists in HCM City and neighbouring provinces went abroad through Tan Son Nhat International Airport Minh City to enjoy their lunar New Year holiday, representing a year-on-year increase of 20 percent. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:00:00 +0800 http://www.intellasia.net/news/articles/economy/111355219.shtml http://www.intellasia.net/news/articles/economy/111355051.shtml Economy Ernst & Young has lately announced its evaluation report on the economic prospects of countries with rapid development growth in Asia - Pacific, including Vietnam, China, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia and Thailand. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:00:00 +0800 http://www.intellasia.net/news/articles/economy/111355051.shtml