Thursday, April 2, 2015

The Business Times: Forex policy will account for industry’s benefit: SBV

The Business Times: Forex policy will account for industry’s benefit: SBV

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Forex policy will account for industry’s benefit: SBV

Posted: 01 Apr 2015 06:36 PM PDT

The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV)’s foreign exchange policy will be based on macroeconomic management and harmonised with the benefits of all industries and sectors, and not exports alone. This statement was made by the Deputy Director of SBV’s Credit Department, Vo Minh Tuan. The central bank’s foreign exchange (forex) adjustment is based on […]

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Retailers cut gas prices again

Posted: 01 Apr 2015 06:36 PM PDT

The retail price of a 12kg-canister of cooking gas in HCM City has dropped by VND4,500 (21 US cents) from April 1. This was announced at a meeting of gas companies in HCM City and the southern localities on March 31. The gas distributor in the southern region is now selling its 12kg cooking gas […]

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LienVietPostBank targets $44.5 million in 2015 profit

Posted: 01 Apr 2015 06:31 PM PDT

Lien Viet Joint Stock Commercial Bank (LienVietPostBank) aims to increase its profit 75 per cent to VND936 billion (US$44.5 million) this year, Board of Directors Vice President Nguyen Duc Huong said at a shareholder meeting on Saturday. The bank earned VND535 billion ($25.4 million) in before-tax profits last year, a decrease of 19.4 per cent […]

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Shares slump on draining liquidity

Posted: 01 Apr 2015 06:31 PM PDT

Shares continued their downward spiral this morning after making modest recovery yesterday, as investors became cautious over draining liquidity. On the HCM Stock Exchange, the VN-Index lost 0.93 per cent to close at 546.03 points, while the VN30, which tracks the top 30 shares by market value and liquidity, dropped 0.63 per cent to end […]

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Low Vietnamese rice export in Q1

Posted: 01 Apr 2015 06:29 PM PDT

Vietnam shipped 536,570 tonnes of rice worth 236 million USD abroad during the first quarter of this year, marking the lowest Q1 figures since 2009, announced Huynh The Nang, Deputy Chairman of the Vietnam Food Association (VFA). Vietnam shipped 536,570 tonnes of rice worth 236 million USD abroad during the first quarter of this year, […]

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Tien Sa Port developer turns down ODA

Posted: 01 Apr 2015 06:28 PM PDT

Infrastructure developers prefer seeking capital from domestic and foreign commercial loans than official development assistance (ODA), which is in the long run more expensive than people think "If we cannot find capital for the Tien Sa Port expansion project, I will step down," said Nguyen Huu Sia, general director of the Da Nang Port JSC […]

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Vietnam’s per capital GDP ranks 7th in ASEAN region

Posted: 01 Apr 2015 06:28 PM PDT

Vietnam's per capital GDP reached USD1,908 a year in 2013, ranking it seventh in the 10-member ASEAN region, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO). Gap in per capital GDP between Vietnam and regional countries narrrows The GSO said the report by the ASEAN Statistics agency (ASEAN Stats) about Vietnam's economic growth in 2013 showed […]

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True Milk opens $1 billion plant in Moscow

Posted: 01 Apr 2015 10:01 AM PDT

Vietnamese dairy firm TH True Milk opened a US$1-billion dairy in a Moscow suburb, Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia, Nguyen Thanh Son, said yesterday. Son told the vn.sputniknews.com the plant would produce its own animal feed and breed its own cows. He also said other Vietnamese firms involved in garments, agriculture and food in Viet Nam […]

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Ministry says bauxite projects likely to incur initial losses

Posted: 01 Apr 2015 10:00 AM PDT

The two bauxite mining and processing projects in the Central Highlands Province of Lam Dong, which became operational in October 2013, would incur losses for four to five years. This was revealed by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) in a press statement released to the media on Monday. The ministry said an assessment […]

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Vietnam to cut taxes on 3,200 Japanese goods to zero starting April

Posted: 01 Apr 2015 09:58 AM PDT

Thousands of goods imported from Japan will enjoy a zero tariff in Vietnam starting April 1 in the next implementation stage of a bilateral trade agreement between the two countries. Vietnam will reduce the tariffs for 3,234 classes of imports to 0 percent under the Japan-Vietnam Economic Partnership Agreement for the 2015-2019 period, according to […]

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