Saturday, September 14, 2013

The Business Times: PVF to delist next week after merger

The Business Times: PVF to delist next week after merger

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PVF to delist next week after merger

Posted: 14 Sep 2013 12:26 AM PDT

HA NOI (VNS)— Shares of PetroVietnam Finance (PVF) will be delisted from the HCM City Stock Exchange on September 24 as part of its merger with Western Bank. A meeting late last week officially announced the establishment of a new bank after the merger – PVcomBank. However, worries over the future of the bank after [...]

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VN e-commerce firm wins regional award

Posted: 14 Sep 2013 12:23 AM PDT

HA NOI (VNS)— Ngan Luong, a member company of pioneering Vietnamese e-commerce group, Peace Soft Solutions Corporation, seized the Red Herring 100 Asia award with its mobile payment solution MobiPay in Hong Kong last week. MobiPay is the first service in Southeast Asia to allow traditional retail stores or individuals to use mobile phones for [...]

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Local drinks face stiff competition

Posted: 14 Sep 2013 12:22 AM PDT

HA NOI (VNS) — Local beer and beverage products will face fierce competition if the country does away with the import tax for beer and beverage products this year, which it must do in order to join the Trans Pacific Partnership. The current tax rate is 50 per cent for beer and alcohol and 30 [...]

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PM demands dairy hike explanation

Posted: 14 Sep 2013 12:20 AM PDT

HA NOI (VNS) — The Prime Minister asked the ministries of Health and Finance on Thursday to report the high price of milk on the local market. Because the milk price is not controlled by the Government, dairy companies can increase prices at any time. Some milk products were listed at US$4-5 (VND80,000-100,000) per unit [...]

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Apartments go on sale in Gia Lam

Posted: 14 Sep 2013 12:17 AM PDT

Viglacera announced it would start to sell apartments in the Dang Xa low-income housing project in Gia Lam District on the outskirts of the capital on September 16. The project, which covers an area of 3.7ha and has five blocks, will supply the market with 1,139 apartments at a price of VND9 million per square [...]

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Quang Ngai urged to attract more investment

Posted: 14 Sep 2013 12:03 AM PDT

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked the central province of Quang Ngai to attract more foreign investment to develop its industrial parks and spur local economy. During the September 13 working session with key provincial leaders, Dung said that besides boosting industry, Quang Ngai should also advance the agricultural sector through increasing application of [...]

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Spain-Vietnam trade on the rise

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 11:55 PM PDT

Two-way trade between Vietnam and Spain rose 14% in the first half of this year to more than EUR1 billion, according to Spain Customs statistics. Of the total, Vietnamese exports fetched EUR930 million, up 13%, and its imports increased nearly 18% to EUR122 million. Vietnam mainly exports machinery, electric and electronic appliances, coffee, footwear, mechanical [...]

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Ministry warns of overinvestment in rice warehouses

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 11:29 PM PDT

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has warned local enterprises of the consequences of rice storage overinvestment, saying that the nation will face huge waste if enterprises keep on building such facilities in the future. According to statistics of the ministry and the Vietnam Food Association, rice exporters have strongly invested in storage facilities given [...]

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Japan to grant vietnam $500mln ODA

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 11:23 PM PDT

Japan will spend $ 500 million in official development assistance (ODA) for a number of infrastructure projects in Vietnam in the 2013 fiscal year, the local newsprovider Vietnamplus reported. The information was disclosed by Fumio Kishida-foreign Minister of Japan at the 5th meeting of Vietnam-Japan Cooperation Committee in Tokyo on September 12 on the occasion [...]

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Vietnam receives $80bln ODA by end of 2013: MoPI

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 11:21 PM PDT

Vietnam is estimated to receive total of $80 billion of Official Development Assistance (ODA) by end of this year. In which, the estimated ODA disbursement is $58 billion, the local newspaper Tienphong reported. Vietnam first received $1.8 billion ODA from international donors in 1993. The figure has been increased year by year and after 20 [...]

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