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- EU-Vietnam FTA: Opportunities and challenges
- Construction material sales fall
- Vietnam attends Seafood Expo North America
- Vietnam’s mobile apps industry starts to toddle
- Mekong Delta produces 4.3 mln tonnes of winter-spring rice
- Vietnam expects to home 5,000 S&T enterprises by 2020
- Domestic rice prices inch up
- Shares rebound on rates cut
- Apartment developers wring buyers in rash dash for profit
- Market soars as VNM ETF announces reviewed investment list
| EU-Vietnam FTA: Opportunities and challenges Posted: 17 Mar 2014 11:45 PM PDT After six rounds of negotiations, Vietnam and the European Union are now close to signing the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) which is expected to benefit the Vietnamese economy, especially in the export sector, said weekly Vietnam Business Forum magazine. However, experts at the seminar “Social, Economic and Environmental Assessments of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade […] The post EU-Vietnam FTA: Opportunities and challenges appeared first on Vietnam Business News. |
| Construction material sales fall Posted: 17 Mar 2014 11:42 PM PDT Consumption of building materials in HCM City is falling fast. Figures show consumption has dropped by as much as 50 per cent year-on-year despite being at the height of the annual building season, according to local traders. Traders selling building materials in District 2, Thu Duc and Binh Thanh say that the annual building season […] The post Construction material sales fall appeared first on Vietnam Business News. |
| Vietnam attends Seafood Expo North America Posted: 17 Mar 2014 11:42 PM PDT Vietnamese ambassador to the US, Nguyen Quoc Cuong cut the ribbon to kick off opening ceremonies of– Seafood Expo North America 2014– in Boston, Massachusetts. Eighteen seafood pavilions at the event aim to introduce Vietnamese high quality products and find deeper inroads into foreign markets of the US and other participating nations. In his opening […] The post Vietnam attends Seafood Expo North America appeared first on Vietnam Business News. |
| Vietnam’s mobile apps industry starts to toddle Posted: 17 Mar 2014 11:37 PM PDT While the mobile apps industry has been running like the wind over the last few years, Vietnam now learns how to walk by toddling. The first step is the hardest Hoang Van Hau decided to start up his business with a software product applied to taxi service – PingTaxi. After setting up a business in […] The post Vietnam's mobile apps industry starts to toddle appeared first on Vietnam Business News. |
| Mekong Delta produces 4.3 mln tonnes of winter-spring rice Posted: 17 Mar 2014 11:26 PM PDT The Mekong Delta produces 4.3 million tonnes of winter-spring rice, reported the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD). In March and April, the figure stood at 3.2 million tonnes. According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), the nation exported 753,000 tonnes of rice worth 322 million USD up until March 10, down […] The post Mekong Delta produces 4.3 mln tonnes of winter-spring rice appeared first on Vietnam Business News. |
| Vietnam expects to home 5,000 S&T enterprises by 2020 Posted: 17 Mar 2014 11:25 PM PDT The initially small number of science and technology enterprises (S&T enterprises) have laid first foundations for the formation of a new technology enterprise culture in Vietnam. Last year, 87 new enterprises were established as S&T enterprises, and about 160 records were reviewed for certification. S&T enterprises have not only acted as a bridge to quickly […] The post Vietnam expects to home 5,000 S&T enterprises by 2020 appeared first on Vietnam Business News. |
| Posted: 17 Mar 2014 11:22 PM PDT Rice prices in the Mekong Delta had increased slightly after the government approved the purchase of one million tonnes for a national temporary reserve last weekend. Early last week, the price for winter-spring rice remained high, but then it suddenly fell, partly due to competitive pressure from Thai rice. Farmers like Le Van Tam were […] The post Domestic rice prices inch up appeared first on Vietnam Business News. |
| Posted: 17 Mar 2014 11:18 PM PDT Shares strongly rebounded on both the national stock exchanges following yesterday’s announcement by the central bank that it has cut key interest rates. Many experts claimed that greater capital inflow will shift to the stock market as the Vietnamese dong deposit interest rate caps have been lowered to 6 per cent per year from the […] The post Shares rebound on rates cut appeared first on Vietnam Business News. |
| Apartment developers wring buyers in rash dash for profit Posted: 17 Mar 2014 11:06 PM PDT Despite continuing difficulties with huge stockpile of apartments, some real estate developers have marked solid sales over the past few months and are increasing prices. On March 15, the Hoa Binh Group – developer of the Hoa Binh Green City project in Hanoi – suspended sales in order to adjust prices. Nguyen Huu Duong, general […] The post Apartment developers wring buyers in rash dash for profit appeared first on Vietnam Business News. |
| Market soars as VNM ETF announces reviewed investment list Posted: 17 Mar 2014 11:01 PM PDT Shares closed higher on both national stocks exchange this morning after the Martket Vectors Vietnam ETF announced its reviewed investment list. On HCM City Exchange, the VN-Index added 0.6 per cent to end at 600.39 points. More than 98 million shares were changed hands with a total trading value of VND1.78 trilllion ($84.76 million). With […] The post Market soars as VNM ETF announces reviewed investment list appeared first on Vietnam Business News. |
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