• Down in the dumps 

    02/04/2011 05:00

    Investors follow market movements at a securities firm in Ho Chi Minh City Depressed investor sentiment, hit by tightened credit and negative macroeconomic news, has sent the stock market plunging toward the bottom, experts say. “The...

  • Vietnam to attract foreign investment in ICT

    02/04/2011 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam targets to raise the proportion of Information and Communications Technology (ICT)’s value to GDP from 8-10 percent. Vietnam will create the best condition for businesses to invest in the ICT, said Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien...

  • Ministries taking slow steps to cut down public investments

    02/04/2011 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge – By the end of March 2011, 22 ministries and branches still had not sent the reports on cutting public investments and transferring investment capital as requested. According to the Ministry of Planning and Investment, by March 28,...

  • Toyota Vietnam admits technical flaws, rules out recall  

    02/04/2011 05:00

    Toyota's Innova is a popular car model Vietnam, used widely by many taxi companies Toyota Vietnam on Friday admitted that there were technical problems with nearly 9,000 cars of the Innova model, but said a recall would not be...

  • Petrol price hike inconveniencing transport firms

    Petrol price hike inconveniencing transport firms

    02/04/2011 05:00

    Surging petrol prices since early this year are causing much inconvenience to transport companies in Ho Chi Minh City and almost bringing some to the verge of bankruptcy. Retail petrol prices were further hiked for the second time this year by VND2,000 to...

  • Agricultural sector still failing to lure investment

    02/04/2011 05:00

    Despite the Government’s recent effort to support enterprises in the agricultural sector, the sector continues to fail to lure investment because of its low profits and high risks, said agricultural experts. Nguyen Phu Hung, deputy head of the Enterprise Reform...

  • Vietnam to export up to 100,000 laborers per year

    Vietnam to export up to 100,000 laborers per year

    02/04/2011 05:00

    Vietnam will export 80,000-100,000 workers per year in 2011-2015 and those workers will be given support under a project by the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA). Of these workers, 40 percent are poor people or people eligible to benefit...

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