The Business Times: Farmers bet on huge macadamia returns

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• Farmers bet on huge macadamia returns
• Bad debt ratio to be slashed to 3 per cent
• Vietnam retailers face pressure as foreign firms enter the market
• Vietnam start-ups eye Indonesia, Philippines

Farmers bet on huge macadamia returns Posted: 23 Feb 2015 08:04 PM PST Macadamia cultivation is expected to reap considerable benefits for farmers in the Central Highlands region, where the traditional cultivation of coffee and rubber have started reflecting a development limitation. That expectations of both farmers and authorities about the potential of macadamia cultivation cannot be ignored. Macadamia was introduced in Viet Nam for trial cultivation in […] The post Farmers bet on huge macadamia returns appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Bad debt ratio to be slashed to 3 per cent Posted: 23 Feb 2015 08:04 PM PST The Government has proposed to the Party Central Committee and the National Assembly a scheme that would reduce bad debts in the nation’s banking system this year to three per cent of total lending. This response to a question collectively asked of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung by deputies Ha Si Dong, Le Dac Lam, […] The post Bad debt ratio to be slashed to 3 per cent appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Vietnam retailers face pressure as foreign firms enter the market Posted: 23 Feb 2015 08:02 PM PST Vietnamese businesses are seeing significant pressure after the Government started allowing foreign investors to open wholly-owned retail companies in January, said Nguyen Minh Phong of the Ha Noi Socio-Economic Development Research Institute. Free trade agreements have forced members to accelerate the process of cutting taxes on foreign trade in the region. Since 2010, the ASEAN-6, […] The post Vietnam retailers face pressure as foreign firms enter the market appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Vietnam start-ups eye Indonesia, Philippines Posted: 23 Feb 2015 08:01 PM PST Indonesia and the Philippines possess enormous development potential for Vietnamese start-ups, said guest speakers at the recent Start-ups 2015 conference held in Ha Noi. Do Tuan Anh, founder and CEO of mobile content platform distributor Appota, said Indonesia had characteristics similar to Viet Nam’s from a few years ago, but its market had seen strong […] The post Vietnam start-ups eye Indonesia, Philippines appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

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