The Business Times: Highway project targets PPP

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• Highway project targets PPP
• The youth accidentally become passive dirty game players
• State bank continues ordering poorly performing banks to restructure
• US says Vietnam shrimp imports do not hurt its industry
• Binh Duong attracts property developers
• Buyers bemoan social housing deposits
• Gold price free-for-all helps to eradicate market disparity
• Buying spree buoys VN-Index
• Gas industry transparency an explosive issue
• Trade deficit hits US$374 million in early September

Highway project targets PPP Posted: 20 Sep 2013 10:23 PM PDT The Government wants to encourage public-private partnership (PPP) cooperation in infrastructure projects, Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has said. Hai made the statement at a pre-application conference in Hanoi on September 9 to allow potential investors to participate in the construction of the Dau Giay – Phan Thiet Expressway, the first PPP project in [...] The post Highway project targets PPP appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

The youth accidentally become passive dirty game players Posted: 20 Sep 2013 10:18 PM PDT Not purposely looking for online games, a lot of users have been forced to see obscene game ad pieces when accessing to some websites. The "cobweb" of "dirty ads" Vietnam is considered the country with the highest "online population" in ASEAN, according to a report on the Internet development situation in South East Asia by [...] The post The youth accidentally become passive dirty game players appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

State bank continues ordering poorly performing banks to restructure Posted: 20 Sep 2013 10:13 PM PDT The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) will continue assessing and classifying more banks with ineffective operations in order to get approval from the Prime Minister to restructure them. This is one of the items included in a press release from the SBV, sent to reporters early this week. According to the SBV, to date, eight [...] The post State bank continues ordering poorly performing banks to restructure appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

US says Vietnam shrimp imports do not hurt its industry Posted: 20 Sep 2013 10:10 PM PDT A US industry is neither materially injured nor threatened with material injury by reason of imports of frozen shrimp from Vietnam and four other nations, the International Trade Commission (USITC) announced today. Earlier, the Department of Commerce (DOC) has determined that shrimp imports from Vietnam, as well as China, Ecuador, India, and Malaysia are subsidized. [...] The post US says Vietnam shrimp imports do not hurt its industry appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Binh Duong attracts property developers Posted: 20 Sep 2013 10:06 PM PDT HCM CITY (VNS)  — Long-term investors seeking capital gains or rental income are increasingly looking to the Binh Duong Province housing market, according to a survey by property services provider Savills Viet Nam. The province has been a leader in attracting foreign direct investment, with almost 2,200 such projects with total capital of more than [...] The post Binh Duong attracts property developers appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Buyers bemoan social housing deposits Posted: 20 Sep 2013 10:05 PM PDT HA NOI (VNS) — The Ministry of Construction plans to allow investors of social housing projects to collect deposits from homebuyers, according to Deputy Minister Nguyen Tran Nam. Recently, the investor of the social housing project at 143 Tran Phu Street, Ha Dong District collected a deposit of VND70 million (US$3,330) from each buyer as [...] The post Buyers bemoan social housing deposits appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Gold price free-for-all helps to eradicate market disparity Posted: 20 Sep 2013 10:03 PM PDT HCM CITY  (VNS) — Gold prices have been very volatile in recent days and the big gap between global and domestic prices has narrowed. On Thursday morning the price of the precious metal in HCM City shot up by more than VND630,000 to VND37.8 million (US$1,791) per tael of 37.5 grammes. By 5pm it had [...] The post Gold price free-for-all helps to eradicate market disparity appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Buying spree buoys VN-Index Posted: 20 Sep 2013 10:01 PM PDT HA NOI (VNS)— Stocks on the HCM City Stock Exchange closed at a high yesterday, bringing the market benchmark into positive territory as traders combed local shares led by PVF and IJC. As expected, the local exchange seesawed between gains and losses as the market lacked boosting news, a stock analyst of FPT Securities said. [...] The post Buying spree buoys VN-Index appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Gas industry transparency an explosive issue Posted: 20 Sep 2013 09:59 PM PDT HA NOI (VNS)  —Trade fraud is an increasing problem for Viet Nam’s gas industry, said Tran Trong Huu, deputy general secretary of the Viet Nam Gas Association, at an online discussion in Ha Noi on Thursday. Market watch teams dealt with 400 gas trading violations in the first eight months of the year, confiscating over [...] The post Gas industry transparency an explosive issue appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Trade deficit hits US$374 million in early September Posted: 20 Sep 2013 09:54 PM PDT Vietnam's import surplus crept up to US$374 million over the first half of September, bringing the yearly import surplus so far to US$226 million. According to the latest Vietnam Customs statistics, total import-export turnover reached US$10.26 billion in the first half of this month, down 16.1% compared to the last half of August. Vietnam's trade [...] The post Trade deficit hits US$374 million in early September appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

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