The Business Times: Four housing projects get loans from vnd30-trillion package

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• Four housing projects get loans from vnd30-trillion package
• Firms eager to invest in retail industry
• Plans in place for Ninh Thuan nuclear plant
• No new ports permitted in southeast region
• August CPI likely to be added by +0.15% due to recent petroleum price hike: GSO
• Thua Thien- Hue GDP rises 7.45% in h1/2013
• Vietnam banks asked to strengthen forex management
• Two tons of sturgeon smuggled into Hanoi each day
• American businesses “like” Vietnam most in ASEAN
• July 19, 2013: Vietnam soars to vnd38.05mln/tael, dollar stable

Four housing projects get loans from vnd30-trillion package Posted: 19 Jul 2013 12:34 AM PDT Four out of 30 budget housing projects endorsed by the Ministry of Construction have gained access to loans from the VND30-trillion housing stimulus package. Do Duc Duy, chief of the ministry's office, said that the four projects belonged to private enterprises, with two projects located in Haiphong City, one in Hue City and the other [...] The post Four housing projects get loans from vnd30-trillion package appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Firms eager to invest in retail industry Posted: 19 Jul 2013 12:31 AM PDT Several domestic firms have seized the opportunity to invest in Vietnam' retail industry, even though the economic crisis is far from over. Nguyen Manh Duy, managing director of the Ocean Retail and Real Estate Management Company, says that Ocean Group, his parent company, plans to open between 70-80 supermarkets and shopping centres nationwide by 2015. [...] The post Firms eager to invest in retail industry appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Plans in place for Ninh Thuan nuclear plant Posted: 19 Jul 2013 12:31 AM PDT  Viet Nam and Russia worked together on Wednesday, July 17, on how to speed up the progress of building the first nuclear power plant in central Ninh Thuan Province in 2014 as earlier scheduled. At the meeting with the provincial leader, deputy chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee for Energy Sergei Levchenko said that [...] The post Plans in place for Ninh Thuan nuclear plant appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

No new ports permitted in southeast region Posted: 19 Jul 2013 12:21 AM PDT The Ministry of Transport will not grant permission for building new container ports in Ba Ria-Vung Tau, HCMC and Dong Nai until 2015 as ports in the Cai Mep-Thi Vai have been operating at far below capacity. This is a major content of a scheme of increasing operation efficiency of the port system in the [...] The post No new ports permitted in southeast region appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

August CPI likely to be added by +0.15% due to recent petroleum price hike: GSO Posted: 19 Jul 2013 12:18 AM PDT Vietnam's August consumer Price Index (CPI) is expected to be added by +0.15% due to recent petroleum price hike, Nguyen Duc Thang- Director of Price Statistics Department under the General Statistics Office (GSO) told Vneconomy. On July 17, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) issued the document No.9274/BTC-QLG, allowing local petroleum hubs to increases gasoline and [...] The post August CPI likely to be added by +0.15% due to recent petroleum price hike: GSO appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Thua Thien- Hue GDP rises 7.45% in h1/2013 Posted: 19 Jul 2013 12:17 AM PDT The North Central Coast Province of Thua Thien-Hue posted 7.45% increase in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in H1/2013, the data was disclosed at the meeting of the province's People Council on H1/2013 socio-economic development. In details, the province’s commerce and service activities were stable with  VND12.085 trillion of total retail sales and services in the first half [...] The post Thua Thien- Hue GDP rises 7.45% in h1/2013 appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Vietnam banks asked to strengthen forex management Posted: 19 Jul 2013 12:15 AM PDT The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has recently asked its branches and local credit institutions to strengthen their foreign exchange management, the central bank said in a post on its official website. Accordingly, the monetary authority adjusted up the exchange rate by 1% and implement measures comprehensively to stabilize the exchange rates and the foreign [...] The post Vietnam banks asked to strengthen forex management appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Two tons of sturgeon smuggled into Hanoi each day Posted: 18 Jul 2013 10:58 PM PDT According to the Ministry of Public Security, this volume of sturgeon was smuggled from China to Hanoi and then legalized by certificates of origin from local farms. The Environment Crime Prevention Police Agency or C49 has made a report on the smuggling of sturgeon at the request by Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan. According [...] The post Two tons of sturgeon smuggled into Hanoi each day appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

American businesses “like” Vietnam most in ASEAN Posted: 18 Jul 2013 10:25 PM PDT Up to 57 percent of U.S. businesses that have invested in Southeast Asia said Vietnam is the most attractive destination for investment expansion, with low cost and stable political situation. The America Chamber of Commerce in Singapore (AmCham Singapore) has announced the report "ASEAN Business Outlook 2012/2013". This survey was made with the participation of [...] The post American businesses "like" Vietnam most in ASEAN appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

July 19, 2013: Vietnam soars to vnd38.05mln/tael, dollar stable Posted: 18 Jul 2013 09:00 PM PDT This morning, Vietnam gold was traded up by VND280,000/tael versus yesterday close to VND38.05 million/tael- the highest price in the past 2 weeks, following the world suit. SJC Hochiminh was traded at VND37.75 million/taelfor bid and VND38.05million/tael for ask respectively as of 10:22 am, Hanoi time. SJC in the North quoted at VND37.75 million/tael for bid and VND38.07 million/tael [...] The post July 19, 2013: Vietnam soars to vnd38.05mln/tael, dollar stable appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

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