The Business Times: Gov’t makes an exception for Microsoft, welcomes large technology groups

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• Gov’t makes an exception for Microsoft, welcomes large technology groups
• Updated new policies on foreigners in VN
• Competition in coffee market hotter than ever
• Vietnam seething over Chinese ODA-funded project
• Cellphone remains biggest export earner

Gov’t makes an exception for Microsoft, welcomes large technology groups Posted: 04 Sep 2014 06:17 PM PDT Vietnam has decided to delay the enforcement of a new regulation to pave the way for Microsoft to bring used equipment into the country. Microsoft plans to relocate its Nokia smartphone plant to Vietnam, but its equipment was not new enough to be brought to Vietnam under the new regulation. Under Circular No 20 which […] The post Gov't makes an exception for Microsoft, welcomes large technology groups appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Updated new policies on foreigners in VN Posted: 04 Sep 2014 06:15 PM PDT A string of fresh policies on foreign-related elements were introduced in the first eight months including foreign strategic investors, sub-lease of job, preferential corporate tax, international goods trading activities with foreigners, temporary import for re-export, and indirect investment capital account. Foreign strategic investors A foreign strategic investor may hold 20% of the charter capital of […] The post Updated new policies on foreigners in VN appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Competition in coffee market hotter than ever Posted: 04 Sep 2014 06:15 PM PDT The major players in the instant-coffee market failed to attract public attention with their recent marketing campaigns, but new coffee brands have been able to do this. Trung Nguyen, the coffee company of Dang Le Nguyen Vu, known as the Vietnamese Coffee King, has not gained success with the G7 brand and his strategy of […] The post Competition in coffee market hotter than ever appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Vietnam seething over Chinese ODA-funded project Posted: 04 Sep 2014 06:13 PM PDT A proposal made by the Chinese contractor in the Cat Linh-Ha Dong railway project has been denounced by experts as "illegal" and "unacceptable". Deputy Minister Hoang Trung Hai has requested the Ministry of Transport (MOT) to check the project's estimates and release a final decision on the Chinese proposal. The contractor is asking for a […] The post Vietnam seething over Chinese ODA-funded project appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Cellphone remains biggest export earner Posted: 04 Sep 2014 06:12 PM PDT Phones and phone parts continued to be the biggest export earner in the first eight months this year, with total revenue expanding 13.7% year-on-year to US$15.22 billion, according to the General Statistics Office. This revenue was much higher than the three products that used to generate the highest export revenues in previous years, which are […] The post Cellphone remains biggest export earner appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

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