IntelAsia - Econ

IntelAsia - Business

IntelAsia - Finance

Finance

• Banks would not slash interest rates unless they are forced to do so
• Borrowing at 15 pct still beyond firms’ reach
• Indolent credit growth puzzle
• New Developments in the International Payment Business workshop opens
• Vietnam aims to cut lending rates “quickly” on decelerating CPI: govt.
• Vietnam central bank basically control situation of ailing banks: governor

Investment

• Australia increases aid to Vietnam in 2012-13
• VN, South Korean firms join business matching event
• FDI inflow into city plunges
• Myanmar: a goldmine with frontier risks
• More Japanese investors coming to Vietnam
• FDI firms play main role in apparel exports

Markets

• May 10: Vietnam stocks close down on profit taking, liquidity surges
• Rules to lure foreign investment in market
• Bottom fishing rescues gold from nine-month low
• Gold fell by VND1 million a tael to the lowest level in past nine months
• Investors retreating from gold market
• May 9: Vietnam stocks close mixed, blue chips weigh

Industry

• 1,200 diplomatic cars to pay tax arrears
• Telcos look to ring the changes
• Domestic petrol prices reduced as world price drops
• Vietnam’s Petrolimex seeks gasoil for May, June: traders
• River port allows container freight to reach HCM City
• Japanese corporation pours investment into VN

Import / Export

Thanh Nien Business

• Vietnam ministry seeks 6-month delay on foreign TV regulations
• Robusta coffee climbs to eight-month high as Vietnam sales slow
• Vietnam arrests officials of state shipper Vinalines
• Vietnam stocks poised for worst week in a year on policy concern
• Socar, PetroVietnam agree draft production accord on Azeri block
• VietinBank to sell stake to foreign institution: report

Vietnam Finance News

• Vietnam dong appreciating: academics
• Exchange rate changes likely as dong up
• 14 banks requested to accelerate debt settlement
• Unable to push up lending, banks inject money in government bonds
• Moody's places SHB on review for possible ratings downgrade

Vietnam Business & Economy

• A third scenario for national economy?
• US investors keen on Ninh Thuan province
• Vietnam's telecom market saturated
• Japan – important strategic partner of VN
• European businesses in VN ‘still wary'

Vietnam Stock Market

• HXN30 Index to be launched in Q2
• Banks delay listing due to market doldrums
• Talanx May Raise PVI Stake as Vietnam Insurance Market Grows
• Brokers expect further consolidation
• Experts optimistic about stock market

Vietnam News - Econ

Vietnam News - Industry

Vietnam News - Environment

Vietnam Business

• ESCAP forecasts Vietnam GDP to rise 5.8% in 2012
• Vietnam to tone down public investment funding
• Businesses cut costs, restructure to survive economic recession
• May 10: Vietnam stocks close down on profit taking, liquidity surges
• Banks would not slash interest rates unless they are forced to do so
• Borrowing at 15 pct still beyond firms’ reach
• Indolent credit growth puzzle
• 1,200 diplomatic cars to pay tax arrears
• Telcos look to ring the changes
• Domestic petrol prices reduced as world price drops

Tuoi Tre - Business

• Breakfast @ Tuoitrenews – May 21
• Pakistan blocks Twitter over Prophet cartoons
• Uncle Ho’s birthday celebrated abroad
• Italy earthquake kills at least six
• School official coordinates exam cheating
• Vietnam takes first place at int’l science contest
• Europe on journey to the unknown if Greece exits
• South Korea funds school upgrading in central province
• Samsung's mobile chief says has options to settle war with Apple
• Cambodia mourns K.Rouge victims on 'Day of Anger'

Vietnam+ Business

• Vietnam’s fisheries sector sets target for 2012
• Vietnam’s tallest observatory opens in Hanoi
• Nhat Tan-Noi Bai route may become model
• Da Nang calls for more investment
• Auto sales plunge in April
• European businesses in VN ‘still wary'
• Former Vinalines bosses held over law violations
• Vietnam-EU business forum in HCM City
• Regional Deputy FMs meet on economic corridor
• VN set for first gas turbine reconditioning workshop