The Business Times: Tourism staff lack soft skills

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• Tourism staff lack soft skills
• Will Samsung find its opportunities in power sector in Vietnam?
• Having idle money, people buy gold from SBV to defend themselves
• Sep 19: Vietnam gold surpasses vnd38mln/tael, dollar stable
• HCMC: Ten banks make vnd786bln preferential loans to businesses
• Quang Ninh plans to issue vnd800bln municipal bonds in 2013
• HCMC: Navibank, OCB and Southern Bank see credit decline by end july
• Co-op bank approved to raise 2013 credit growth limit to 15%
• Sep 19: Vietnam central bank keeps dollar exchange at vnd21,036

Tourism staff lack soft skills Posted: 19 Sep 2013 12:56 AM PDT Tourism service providers say that employees need more training on foreign languages and soft skills like communication, teamwork and problem-solving, though they are largely satisfied with marketing, sales and other skills of employees. This is the finding of a survey of the Environmental and Socially Responsible Tourism Capacity Development Program funded by the European Union. [...] The post Tourism staff lack soft skills appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Will Samsung find its opportunities in power sector in Vietnam? Posted: 19 Sep 2013 12:52 AM PDT Samsung moves ahead with its plan to develop power projects in Vietnam. However, it's still unclear if it can succeed in the energy sector, once the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) remains the only wholesale buyer. Samsung eyeing Vietnamese power sector According to Nguyen Khac Tho, Deputy General Director of the Energy General Directorate, Samsung is [...] The post Will Samsung find its opportunities in power sector in Vietnam? appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Having idle money, people buy gold from SBV to defend themselves Posted: 19 Sep 2013 12:43 AM PDT  The gold put by the State Bank into auctions has been sold out, which shows the high demand for gold. People tend to hoard more gold when other investment channels get stuck. Analysts previously all thought that after June 30, 2013, when commercial banks were forced to stop mobilizing and lending in gold, the demand [...] The post Having idle money, people buy gold from SBV to defend themselves appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Sep 19: Vietnam gold surpasses vnd38mln/tael, dollar stable Posted: 19 Sep 2013 12:40 AM PDT This morning Vietnam gold gained by VND550,000 and VND450,000 per tael for bid and ask, respectively to VND38.1 million/tael. World gold soared in New York trade last night but eased in Asia trade this morning. Hochiminh was traded at VND37.78 million/tael for bid and VND38.08 million/tael for ask, respectively as of 11:32 am, Hanoi time. [...] The post Sep 19: Vietnam gold surpasses vnd38mln/tael, dollar stable appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

HCMC: Ten banks make vnd786bln preferential loans to businesses Posted: 19 Sep 2013 12:30 AM PDT Ten commercial banks in Ho Chi Minh City have signed contracts to provide preferential loans worth nearly VND786 billion to 44 firms in the area of districts 5 and 10. The ten banks include Agribank, Vietinbank, Vietcombank, Sacombank, DongA Bank, ACB, HDBank, MBB, MHB and ABBank. The move is expected to help local businesses overcome [...] The post HCMC: Ten banks make vnd786bln preferential loans to businesses appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Quang Ninh plans to issue vnd800bln municipal bonds in 2013 Posted: 19 Sep 2013 12:29 AM PDT The People’s Committee of Quang Ninh province will issue VND800 billion municipal bonds. Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade of Vietnam (VietinBank) will provide consulting services and act as agent for the bond issue. Accordingly, proceeds from the bond issue will be used for socio-economic development of the province, in a number of [...] The post Quang Ninh plans to issue vnd800bln municipal bonds in 2013 appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

HCMC: Navibank, OCB and Southern Bank see credit decline by end july Posted: 19 Sep 2013 12:27 AM PDT Three out of fourteen commercial joint stock bank in Ho Chi Minh City, namely Navibank, OCB and Southern Bank, faced lending shrink in the first seven months of 2013. Specifically, Nam Viet Commercial JS bank saw its lending decrease by 15.4%; OCB's total lending fell 5.8%; and total loans of Southern Bank declined by 1.6%. [...] The post HCMC: Navibank, OCB and Southern Bank see credit decline by end july appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Co-op bank approved to raise 2013 credit growth limit to 15% Posted: 19 Sep 2013 12:22 AM PDT Vietnam Cooperative Bank got approval from the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) to increase its credit growth limit for 2013 to 15%. The central bank requires Co-op Bank to implement solutions with respect to credit operations to improve business efficiency, ensure system safety and help to stabilize the monetary market. Specifically, the Bank is required [...] The post Co-op bank approved to raise 2013 credit growth limit to 15% appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Sep 19: Vietnam central bank keeps dollar exchange at vnd21,036 Posted: 19 Sep 2013 12:20 AM PDT Vietnam’s Central bank set the U.S. dollar’s exchange rate at VND21,036 on Thursday, unchanged since June 28. Commercial banks are allowed to apply effective exchange rate +-1% from the official exchange rate set by the central bank, accordingly, the ceiling price for a dollar today was VND21,246. Today, some commercial banks raised, some lowere dollar [...] The post Sep 19: Vietnam central bank keeps dollar exchange at vnd21,036 appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

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