The Business Times: PM gives nod of approval for Phu Quoc casino

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• PM gives nod of approval for Phu Quoc casino
• JBIC to help Vietnam issue yen bonds
• Big Tet bonuses expected this year, despite recession
• Vietnam urged to carefully consider new foreign textile/garment projects
• Electronic giants pioneer Vietnam’s support industry
• PetroVietnam mulls production cut as oil plunges plunge
• TPP negotiations to resume in late January 2015
• Will new regulations stall the stock market?
• Real estate inventory value drops 21.8%
• Many aviation execs dismissed, disciplined

PM gives nod of approval for Phu Quoc casino Posted: 18 Jan 2015 11:07 PM PST Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has given the go ahead for an investment project to construct a tourism and entertainment complex along with a casino at the Phu Quoc island district in the southern province of Kiên Giang. He charged the Ministry of Planning and Investment and the Kien Giang province People's Committee with oversight […] The post PM gives nod of approval for Phu Quoc casino appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

JBIC to help Vietnam issue yen bonds Posted: 18 Jan 2015 11:06 PM PST The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has proposed that it will support the Vietnamese Government in issuing bonds in the yen in the Japanese market. The information was released by President and CEO of SMBC Nikko Securities Inc, Tetsuya Kubo, during his meeting with Minister of Finance Dinh Tien Dung in Ha Noi on […] The post JBIC to help Vietnam issue yen bonds appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Big Tet bonuses expected this year, despite recession Posted: 18 Jan 2015 11:06 PM PST The highest Tet bonus in Hanoi is expected to be VND86 million, offered by a foreign invested enterprise, while the figure is VND583 million in HCM City, according to local labor departments. A report from the Hanoi Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs shows that the average 2015 Tet bonus planned by enterprises […] The post Big Tet bonuses expected this year, despite recession appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Vietnam urged to carefully consider new foreign textile/garment projects Posted: 18 Jan 2015 11:05 PM PST Local authorities have been warned to think carefully before welcoming more foreign textile and garment investors, as they could likely suffer in the future. Vietnam in recent years has become an ideal destination for foreign textile & garment investors, especially the Chinese. Of the four Chinese-invested textile & garment projects which have been licensed recently, […] The post Vietnam urged to carefully consider new foreign textile/garment projects appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Electronic giants pioneer Vietnam’s support industry Posted: 18 Jan 2015 11:02 PM PST Foreign direct investment has been the catalyst for economic growth in Vietnam over recent years, and capital investment by foreign enterprises continues to set the pace for development of the nation's support industries. Intel is believed to have started the second wave of foreign investment in Vietnam when it built a US$1 billion chip manufacturing […] The post Electronic giants pioneer Vietnam's support industry appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

PetroVietnam mulls production cut as oil plunges plunge Posted: 18 Jan 2015 11:01 PM PST The Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) is considering cutting oil production this year by around 450,000 tonnes in the context of constantly declining global oil prices. Oil prices have been in free fall of late, with a record loss of 50 per cent in just six months, hitting a six-year low of around […] The post PetroVietnam mulls production cut as oil plunges plunge appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

TPP negotiations to resume in late January 2015 Posted: 18 Jan 2015 11:00 PM PST The next round of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations will take place in New York in late January, taking up outstanding issues that were not solved at the previous talks in Washington in December 2014. The involved countries are making all-out efforts to reach the deal in 2015. However, remarkable obstacles remain in issues related to […] The post TPP negotiations to resume in late January 2015 appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Will new regulations stall the stock market? Posted: 18 Jan 2015 11:00 PM PST The newly released Circular No 36, which limits commercial banks' lending to fund securities investments, thereby blocking capital flow into the stock market, could lead to a collapse of the market, some believe. Thoi Bao Kinh Te Vietnam quoted its sources as saying that policymakers have met again to reconsider Circular No 36 just released […] The post Will new regulations stall the stock market? appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Real estate inventory value drops 21.8% Posted: 18 Jan 2015 06:43 PM PST Rising demand has led property inventory value to decline 21.8% against a year ago to more than VND73.8 trillion (US$3.46 billion), according to a recent report of the Ministry of Construction. The ministry said in the report that there were around 11,450 successful housing transactions in Hanoi and some 10,350 transactions in HCMC last year, […] The post Real estate inventory value drops 21.8% appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Many aviation execs dismissed, disciplined Posted: 18 Jan 2015 06:42 PM PST The Ministry of Transport and Vietnam Air Traffic Management Corporation (VATM) have decided to dismiss and reprove a number of aviation officials for their involvement in the power outage at Tan Son Nhat Airport and the nearly collision between civil and military aircraft above the airport in HCMC last year. According to the ministry, VATM […] The post Many aviation execs dismissed, disciplined appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

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