The Business Times: Mobile network operators, OTT and the TPP story

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• Mobile network operators, OTT and the TPP story
• Vietnam’s sustainable coffee production starts to stir
• Steel sector struggles to iron out difficulties
• Vietnamese, Indian businesses tighten links
• The foreign capital flow unknown
• Few low-income earners get home loans: experts

Mobile network operators, OTT and the TPP story Posted: 07 Dec 2013 10:47 PM PST The Trans Pacific Strategic Partnership Agreement (TPP), which is expected to be signed later this year or early the next year, would bring big disadvantages to domestic mobile network operators, because of the TPP's provisions on creating most favorable conditions for Internet service providers and removing all the barriers. Vietnamese mobile network operators have been [...] The post Mobile network operators, OTT and the TPP story appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Vietnam’s sustainable coffee production starts to stir Posted: 07 Dec 2013 10:45 PM PST Vietnam is targeting to apply sustainable production methods on 300,000ha of coffee by 2015, delegates has told a forum in Ho Chi Minh City. Pham Dong Quang, deputy general director of the Department of Crop Production, said on December 4 that Vietnam’s coffee area expanded strongly, reaching 620,000ha last year. Coffee is important to the [...] The post Vietnam's sustainable coffee production starts to stir appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Steel sector struggles to iron out difficulties Posted: 07 Dec 2013 10:43 PM PST The Vietnamese steel industry could face difficulties in reaching its growth rate target of 2-3 percent this year. Slower growth in the steel industry might be due to low demand, abundant supply and increasing material prices, according to the Vietnam Steel Association (VSA). Statistics released by the Ministry of Industry and Trade indicate that in [...] The post Steel sector struggles to iron out difficulties appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Vietnamese, Indian businesses tighten links Posted: 07 Dec 2013 10:42 PM PST Thirty Indian businesses met their Vietnamese counterpart in HCM City on December 6 to examine the possibility of establishing partnerships and expanding cooperation. The Indian businesses operate primarily in the fields of garments and textiles, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, machinery and industrial equipment, handicrafts, food, and farm produce. Manoj Kumar, from Indian Consulate General in HCM City, [...] The post Vietnamese, Indian businesses tighten links appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

The foreign capital flow unknown Posted: 07 Dec 2013 10:41 PM PST The low stock prices and the strong recoveries of the national economy's indexes in the fourth quarter of the year explains why Vietnam still can attract foreign capital. Time for foreign investors to spend money Asia Frontier Capital Limited, a fund management company which specializes in making investment in Asian nascent markets, has announced that [...] The post The foreign capital flow unknown appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Few low-income earners get home loans: experts Posted: 07 Dec 2013 09:15 PM PST  A 30 trillion VND (nearly 1.5 billion USD) package to shore up the real estate sector was announced in mid-May this year. Some 70 percent of the package will be provided as loans to low-income earners who want to purchase houses at low interest rates of about 6 percent per year. As appealing as these [...] The post Few low-income earners get home loans: experts appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

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