Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a plan to increase the amount budgeted to purchase food for storage this year by VND260 billion (about US$16.25 million) in a move to ensure food reserve. The PM also allowed the Finance Ministry to adjust the budget for purchasing materials and rescue equipment. Income from last year’s sale of merchandises of national reserve will also be used...
Chao-Vietnam (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung says he was delighted at the increasing development of ties between Vietnam and Cambodia, particularly in judicial co-operation. The Government leader made the comment while receiving in Hanoi on May 12 Cambodian Justice Minister Ang Vong Vathana, who is on a visit to Vietnam from May 1-16. Cambodian Minister Vathana brief his host of the results of the...
Chao-Vietnam (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
... and cities next Monday. To control the country's ballooning number of golf courses, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked the Ministry of Planning and Investment to revise the zoning of golf courses, reassess the effects of those already licensed, and submit its findings by May. Phan Huu Thang, head of the Foreign Investment Bureau under the Ministry of Planning and Investment,...
Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
This is the total capital approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on May 9 for socio-economic development in Central coastal provinces from now to 2020. Of this nearly 25.68 billion USD is designated for the 2006-2010 period, 38 billion USD for the 2011-2015 period and nearly 82.12 billion USD for the 2016-2020 period. The capital will be focused on establishing a 1,314-kilometer coastal...
Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Phu Yen People’s Committee office said on May 11 that Prime Minister (PM) Nguyen Tan Dung agreed to establish Nam Phu Yen Economic Zone (EZ) in the South Central Province of Phu Yen. Nam Phu Yen EZ, with two major functional areas of non-tariff and tariff zones will be a major international commercial and industrial center, seaport and an important gateway for the south central and Central...
Alertnet (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
... would hire England's Arsenal football team to promote 'Moment' instant coffee, marketing director Nguyen Tuan Anh said.- - - -ECONOMIC AND GENERAL NEWS:VIETNAM NEWS-- Private operators would build 39 power plants with a combined capacity of 396 megawatt this year, the Industry and Trade Ministry said. Vietnam needs an estimated $3.83 billion a year to meet a power demand that would grow...
Investor's Iraq Forum (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
US firms are eager to invest in hi-tech industries in Viet Nam including nuclear energy, according to the head of a US business delegation that met with Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on Wednesday... Read more: http://www.vnbusinessnews.com/2008/05/us-firm-seeks-approval-to-invest-in.html
Myanmar (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Vietnam, the world's second-largest rice exporter, is considering imposing a duty on rice exports as it wants to save more of the grain for domestic consumption, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung sai...
Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
The Ministry of Construction Thursday recommended a German consortium be awarded the contract to build a new National Assembly Hall in Hanoi. The ministry is seeking the approval of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung for German joint venture GMP International GmbH and Inros Lackner AG to be awarded the contract to design and build the new hall. If approved, the new National Assembly Hall...
Investor's Iraq Forum (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
... Japan and Kuwait to build Nghi Son refinery in the north of the country. Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung hailed the project at the ground-breaking ceremony, saying it was the country's most important and biggest power scheme, attracting of 6.2 billion dollars...... http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp...r_oil-refinery
Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
The planned expansion of Hanoi has been given the thumbs up by a leading international real estate company, which says the plan will stimulate the over-populated capital and surrounding areas. Under the mega-metropolis plan, which received the green light from Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung earlier this week, Hanoi will balloon to three times its current size by swallowing the whole of...
Investor's Iraq Forum (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
The Viet Nam government decision to once again postpone its US$1bil sovereign bond issue has sparked questions about how to pick the time to enter the market. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung told the National Assembly meeting on Tuesday: "The sovereign bond issuance will be done at a suitable...
vietnam stock market (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Thursday, May 8, 2008 The Viet Nam government decision to once again postpone its US$1bil sovereign bond issue has sparked questions about how to pick the time to enter the market. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung told the National Assembly meeting on Tuesday: "The sovereign bond issuance will be done at a suitable time." The Finance Ministry's external financing department director Nguyen...
