The Business Times: Financial and monetary markets in January and forecasts for February

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• Financial and monetary markets in January and forecasts for February
• US GEM Fund invests $16 million into HHS
• Vietnam waiting for larger foreign investors
• A fix to costly land-use fees needed for housing market turnaround
• Rice exports slump as prices rise
• VietJetAir orders 63 Airbus aircraft
• Ha Nam strives for 30 FDI projects by 2015
• Stabilizing market prices – a primary task
• Vietnam Dong to be added to Big Mac Index
• Down trend in G-bonds interest rates will stop this month: BIDV

Financial and monetary markets in January and forecasts for February Posted: 12 Feb 2014 12:09 AM PST In January 2014, interest rates on the interbank market rose for all terms, SBV strongly injected cash through OMO and the bidding success rate for government bonds was quite impressive, local newswire Tri Thuc Tre reported. Interbank market According to SBV, in January 2014 , the interest rate on the interbank market rose for all […] The post Financial and monetary markets in January and forecasts for February appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

US GEM Fund invests $16 million into HHS Posted: 12 Feb 2014 12:06 AM PST An investment agreement worth $16 million was signed between the Hoang Huy Investment Services JSC (share code: HHS) and Global Emerging Markets (GEM) – an American financial group yesterday. Accordingly, GEM committed to purchase shares owned by Hoang Huy and its major shareholders in the form of arrangement worth about $10 million in a period […] The post US GEM Fund invests $16 million into HHS appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Vietnam waiting for larger foreign investors Posted: 12 Feb 2014 12:00 AM PST Twenty five years after attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Vietnam is ready to receive large investors after many years of small and medium-scale business investments. Foreign investors have contributed significantly to the development of Vietnam's economy, said Doctor Nguyen Mai during a seminar held to boost FDI by the Ministry of Planning and Investment. Most […] The post Vietnam waiting for larger foreign investors appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

A fix to costly land-use fees needed for housing market turnaround Posted: 11 Feb 2014 11:59 PM PST Aid programs are not enough to resuscitate a real estate industry suffering from high government land-use fees, executives from Ho Chi Minh City housing firms said at a recent conference. They lamented bottlenecks brought about by Decree No. 69, enacted in 2009, which requires them to pay fees based on the "market value" of land […] The post A fix to costly land-use fees needed for housing market turnaround appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Rice exports slump as prices rise Posted: 11 Feb 2014 11:57 PM PST Viet Nam’s rice shipments in January fell by 24 per cent compared with the same period last year even as export prices of the grain rose by 38.28 per cent. According to figures released by the Viet Nam Food Association (VFA), Viet Nam exported 307,255 tonnes of rice at US$415.14 per tonne in January. The […] The post Rice exports slump as prices rise appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

VietJetAir orders 63 Airbus aircraft Posted: 11 Feb 2014 11:55 PM PST Initially VietJetAir planed to buy 62 aircraft but it has just increased the number to 63. The agreement to buy 63 aircraft was signed between the two sides on February 11, at the Singapore Air Show. This package is part of an order to buy 92 aircraft and rent 8 others totaling $9.1 billion of […] The post VietJetAir orders 63 Airbus aircraft appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Ha Nam strives for 30 FDI projects by 2015 Posted: 11 Feb 2014 08:24 PM PST The northern province of Ha Nam is aiming to attract 30 additional 30 FDI projects by 2015, bringing total FDI capital to around US$1 billion. Provincial People's Committee Chairman Mai Tien Dung unveiled the goal at a February 11 meeting between Ha Nam leaders and 40 foreign-invested businesses. The province pledged to improve its investment […] The post Ha Nam strives for 30 FDI projects by 2015 appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Stabilizing market prices – a primary task Posted: 11 Feb 2014 08:22 PM PST The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has directed its relevant agencies to closely monitor market prices and make an immediate intervention to stabilize the market after the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday. Trade experts said the commodity market had sufficient inventory, meeting consumer demand during the Tet holiday which fell in late January. MoIT […] The post Stabilizing market prices – a primary task appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Vietnam Dong to be added to Big Mac Index Posted: 11 Feb 2014 08:17 PM PST When the first McDonald's outlet makes debut in HCMC this Saturday, The Economist, a world's leading economic news magazine, will certainly keep close watch over the event as it is the publisher of the Big Mac Index. The Economist publishes the index as an informal way to measure the purchasing power parity (PPP) between two […] The post Vietnam Dong to be added to Big Mac Index appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Down trend in G-bonds interest rates will stop this month: BIDV Posted: 11 Feb 2014 08:15 PM PST Interest rates of government bonds are likely to stop their falling and then move sideways, according to the research team of Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV), local newswire Dau tu Chung khoan reported. According to the research team ”s analysis, governmen bonds interest rates fell nearly 1% in over […] The post Down trend in G-bonds interest rates will stop this month: BIDV appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

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