Business

In price storm, Vietnamese businessmen still wasting their money
08/06/2011 05:00
Businessmen are experiencing a very difficult period when the input costs have been increasing dramatically, while the purchasing power remains weak. However, they still drive luxurious cars, spend hundreds of millions dong on parties and throw money to...
Real estate developers report losses, give up projects
08/06/2011 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – The low purchasing power plus the credit tightening policy have both have put a hard pressure on real estate companies and pushed them to them to the verge of bankruptcy. Big difficulties make real estate...
Deputy Defense Minister: “Act of violence in civil name”
08/06/2011 05:00
The Binh Minh 02 incident caused economic losses for Vietnam and was an act of violence in civil name, Deputy Minister of Defense - Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh said in a talk with Tuoi Tre on June 6, when he just returned from the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore....
Land use purpose transfer brings golden opportunities to investors
07/06/2011 05:00
The land areas in Hanoi which industrial factories will leave after the relocations are always the aiming points of real estate developers, because they deserve the “golden mines” for the developers to dig. It is really not easy to access the land areas,...
Enterprises and agencies slow to react to shipping surcharges
07/06/2011 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese enterprises and government agencies have voiced their complaints about the unreasonable collection of surcharges applied by foreign shipping firms. However, they have not done the necessary things to settle the problem....
IMF to lend Egypt 3 bln USD to support economic growth
06/06/2011 05:00
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced Sunday that the IMF and Egypt have inked an agreement on a loan of 3 billion U.S. dollars to support the nation’s economic growth. An IMF staff mission headed by Ratna...
Inflation pushes companies to raise salaries
05/06/2011 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge - A recent survey conducted by Navigos Search showed that up to 54 per cent of respondent businesses had increased staff salaries by between 11 and 15 per cent in 2011. In 2010, just 40 per cent of surveyed companies said they had raised salaries....