• Local authorities rushing to open economic zones

    Local authorities rushing to open economic zones

    23/03/2011 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of provinces and cities are planning to open new economic zones to attract more investments. Meanwhile, experts have pointed out that the movement of establishing economic zones should be seen as a threat rather than a joy....

  • Consumers scrimp on food as prices soar and wages stagnate 

    22/03/2011 05:00

    A woman sells vegetables along the street in the Old Quarter of Hanoi At a street-side market in Hanoi’s Dinh Cong Street, Nguyen Thi Ha does not tarry long at the meat stalls as she shops with her small daughter. She buys more...

  • Vietnam targets $21 billion port-enlargement investment 

    22/03/2011 05:00

    Vietnam's government aims to boost shipping volume at ports like Ho Chi Minh City more than 400 percent this decade Vietnam is pouring billions of dollars into building ports for the world’s largest container ships in a drive to draw...

  • Too early to adjust CPI target, says economics chair

    22/03/2011 05:00

    Though the consumer price index (CPI) increased sharply by 3.78 percent in the first two months of the year, Ha Van Hien, Chair of the National Assembly’s Economics Committee, when talking to the press on the sideline of the ongoing National...

  • Commercial banks target rural areas

    Commercial banks target rural areas

    22/03/2011 05:00

    Rural towns were never attractive clients in the eyes of commercial banks before. However, everything has changed. For a long time, the Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development, Agribank, has served as the main capital channel for the rural areas....

  • BUSINESS IN BRIEF 23/3

    22/03/2011 05:00

    Steel prices to continue rising Domestic steel prices are expected to continue increasing due to high input costs and economic conditions, including high interest rates and fluctuating foreign exchange rates. Viet Nam Steel Association chairman Pham Chi Cuong said...

  • Business tax cheats to have licences revoked

    22/03/2011 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Finance has said it would recommend that businesses found to be evading taxes by repeated declaration of losses have their licenses revoked. It has also announced that it would expand this year the scale of checking and verifying tax...

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