The Business Times: Will foreign investors leave because the domestic market is too small?

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• Will foreign investors leave because the domestic market is too small?
• VN Airlines to expand operation in Indonesia, performs well in Australia, RoK
• Bright times ahead for VN real estate
• Vietnam economy starts to thrive: S&P
• HSBC consolidates Vietnam business
• Overview of Vietnam’s investment preference policies
• E-tailing in pre-booming phase
• Vietnamese enterprises have two years to prepare for FTAs
• Long-term thinking needed as oil prices fall
• Japanese set up factories looking for supply chains, not partners

Will foreign investors leave because the domestic market is too small? Posted: 20 Dec 2015 07:05 PM PST Some foreign investors have warned that they may leave Vietnam because of unfavorable conditions to do business. However, Vietnamese businesses and analysts believe they will stay in the country. Will foreign automobile manufacturers leave Vietnam? Deputy chair of the Vietnam Association of Mechanical Industry (VAMI) Dao Phan Long said foreign automobile manufacturers continue complaining about […] The post Will foreign investors leave because the domestic market is too small? appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

VN Airlines to expand operation in Indonesia, performs well in Australia, RoK Posted: 20 Dec 2015 07:03 PM PST The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines conducted 365 flights between Vietnam and Indonesia in 2015, carrying more than 100,000 passengers and over 1,000 tonnes of cargos. Illustrative image (Source: VNA) The statistics were released at the firm's customer conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, on December 16 which saw the participation of Indonesia aviation officials, and distributors, […] The post VN Airlines to expand operation in Indonesia, performs well in Australia, RoK appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Bright times ahead for VN real estate Posted: 20 Dec 2015 06:58 PM PST Marc Townsend, Managing Director of CBRE Vietnam, talks about the performance of the residential market in 2015 and his forecasts for 2016. ■ What are your thoughts on the health of the high-end, mid-end, and low-end segments in the residential market in 2015? Since mid-2014 Vietnam's residential market has been recovering, firstly in the affordable […] The post Bright times ahead for VN real estate appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Vietnam economy starts to thrive: S&P Posted: 20 Dec 2015 06:56 PM PST Vietnam's economy has started to thrive while most of Asian economies is slowing economically and moving towards consumer-led growth, the Standards & Poor (S&P) fund said in its recent report. According to S&P, four years ago the Vietnamese economy was struggling with non-performing loans as the Government focused on feeding credit to its State-owned enterprises. […] The post Vietnam economy starts to thrive: S&P appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

HSBC consolidates Vietnam business Posted: 20 Dec 2015 06:49 PM PST HSBC consolidated all of its business in Vietnam into HSBC Bank (Vietnam) Ltd. (HSBC Vietnam) and liquidated the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, Hanoi Branch (HBAP Hanoi) on December 16. HSBC entered Vietnam in 1870 and until 2009 had two branches, one in Hanoi and one in Ho Chi Minh City. The liquidation of HBAP […] The post HSBC consolidates Vietnam business appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Overview of Vietnam’s investment preference policies Posted: 20 Dec 2015 06:49 PM PST A string of investment preference policies on corporate income tax, land lease, finance, export, as well as loss carryforward have been introduced with a view to luring investors to encouraging investment areas and fields. Concessionary land and water surface lease Incentives are stipulated at Decree 121/2010/ND-CP, dated December 30, 2010 on land and water surface lease fee. Accordingly, land and water surface lease fees are […] The post Overview of Vietnam’s investment preference policies appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

E-tailing in pre-booming phase Posted: 20 Dec 2015 06:47 PM PST E-retailing or e-commerce has become popular in Vietnam since 2004 with the number of online customers having been on the rise. Many foreign giants have entered the Vietnamese market recently creating a race forcing local firms to be more professional unless being eradicated. It is said that this field will enter a booming phase in […] The post E-tailing in pre-booming phase appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Vietnamese enterprises have two years to prepare for FTAs Posted: 20 Dec 2015 06:46 PM PST Businesses in the agriculture sector, especially breeding, would be most vulnerable to the effects of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) with bigger partners. However, the firms have two years left for restructuring and improving their competitive ability after the signing of FTAs and TPPs, Luong Hoang Thai, head of Multilateral Trade Policies […] The post Vietnamese enterprises have two years to prepare for FTAs appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Long-term thinking needed as oil prices fall Posted: 20 Dec 2015 06:46 PM PST The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has announced it has prepared plans to cope with the fall in global oil prices but is yet to release any specifics. According to Dr. Pham The Anh from the National Economics University, the MoF is certainly facing difficulties in addressing the decade-long State budget deficit and the continued decline […] The post Long-term thinking needed as oil prices fall appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

Japanese set up factories looking for supply chains, not partners Posted: 20 Dec 2015 06:44 PM PST Many Japanese investors have left China for Vietnam where they believe they can have a more attractive investment environment. However, they have not chosen Vietnamese enterprises for their global supply chains. Bui Ngoc Son, a renowned economist, said the problem of Vietnam lies in the underdeveloped supporting industries. Son compared Vietnam's supporting industries with the […] The post Japanese set up factories looking for supply chains, not partners appeared first on Vietnam Business News.

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