The Business Times: Viettel to invest in Myanmar

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• Viettel to invest in Myanmar
• Rising smuggling challenges market monitors
• Remittances to HCM City top $5 billion
• Local authorities vie for Samsung investments
• Cheap Vietnam stocks are set to rise to 7-year high
• Facts and figures about veteran Vietnamese CEOs
• Wave of bankruptcy of seafood producers
• State – enterprise relations and industrial growth in Vietnam
• VN firms ready for ASEAN integration
• New IZ master plan to boost efficiency

Viettel to invest in Myanmar Posted: 23 Jan 2015 12:00 AM PST Viettel Global Investment JSC (Viettel Global), a subsidiary of Viettel Group, has approved a resolution to invest in a telecommunications company in Myanmar with the total registered investment capital of $1.8 billion, according to the company's website. Accordingly, Viettel Global, which is in charge of the implementation and management of overseas projects of Viettel Group, […] The post Viettel to invest in Myanmar appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Rising smuggling challenges market monitors Posted: 22 Jan 2015 11:59 PM PST The trading of smuggled and counterfeit goods in HCMC is on the rise, challenging local market monitors, according to the city's market monitoring agency. The agency said in a report released on December 30 that most of the goods were consumer goods, equipment and spare parts imported illegally from China. Last year, the agency inspected nearly […] The post Rising smuggling challenges market monitors appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Remittances to HCM City top $5 billion Posted: 22 Jan 2015 11:58 PM PST Vietnamese living abroad remitted over US$5 billion to HCM City last year, 4.2 per cent higher than in 2013, according to figures released at a meeting held by the city’s Committee for Overseas Vietnamese yesterday, Jan 21. Since 1993, total remittances through official channels have amounted to nearly $96.7 billion, or an average $4.4 billion […] The post Remittances to HCM City top $5 billion appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Local authorities vie for Samsung investments Posted: 22 Jan 2015 11:57 PM PST Economists have repeatedly called on local authorities to give preferential policies to Samsung, one of the biggest investors in Vietnam. Phan Huu Thang, former head of the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA), and now deputy chair of the Vietnam Foreign Invested Enterprises' Association, said that Samsung has proposed to enjoy three additional investment incentives – the […] The post Local authorities vie for Samsung investments appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Cheap Vietnam stocks are set to rise to 7-year high Posted: 22 Jan 2015 11:31 PM PST Vietnam's stock strategists say the benchmark index will jump to a seven-year high this year as accelerating economic growth boosts earnings and the cheapest valuations in Southeast Asia lure investors. The VN Index will advance to about 655 by the end of 2015, or 15 percent from its closing level yesterday, according to the average […] The post Cheap Vietnam stocks are set to rise to 7-year high appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Facts and figures about veteran Vietnamese CEOs Posted: 22 Jan 2015 11:31 PM PST Most seasoned Vietnamese businesspeople were born in the 1960s and are aged between 46 and 55. The majority of the CEOs of VNR500 enterprises are experienced in their fields with 41.5 percent of CEOs between 46 and 55, and 31.7 percent of CEOs over 56. Meanwhile, young CEOs, i.e., those who were born in the […] The post Facts and figures about veteran Vietnamese CEOs appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Wave of bankruptcy of seafood producers Posted: 22 Jan 2015 11:30 PM PST Many seafood processing companies in southwestern provinces of Vietnam have gone bankrupt, resulting in the instability of the largest aquaculture area of the country. In late 2014, many more bosses of seafood processing firms in the region were arrested for investigations of “swindling appropriate assets”. The first case was Mr. Tran Tan Hai, former director […] The post Wave of bankruptcy of seafood producers appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

State – enterprise relations and industrial growth in Vietnam Posted: 22 Jan 2015 11:29 PM PST Industrial development of Vietnam has been a success but it has been proceeding at a slower level in recent years. Between 1986 and 2012, the growth rate of industrial added value was at a high level, averaging 8.3%. International competitiveness of the processing industry significantly improved and its products became quite diverse. After nearly three […] The post State – enterprise relations and industrial growth in Vietnam appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

VN firms ready for ASEAN integration Posted: 22 Jan 2015 11:29 PM PST Many Vietnamese firms have prepared well to grab the opportunities that will arise from the establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community at the end of this year as well as to cope with challenges, experts have said. Nguyen Trong Hoa, director of the HCM City Institute for Development Studies, said the AEC would usher in […] The post VN firms ready for ASEAN integration appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

New IZ master plan to boost efficiency Posted: 22 Jan 2015 11:28 PM PST The Vietnamese government last year made changes to the development plans for industrial zones in 47 cities and provinces nationwide to facilitate more effective land usage and investment climate. Tran Duy Dong, director of the Ministry of Planning and Investment's Economic Zones Management Department, talked with VIR's Nhu Ngoc on how the adjustment would affect […] The post New IZ master plan to boost efficiency appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

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