VIETNAM ODA

Deposit Interest Rate Rises to 10.2 Per Cent

Although the prime rate set by the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) was kept unchanged at 7 per cent per annum in July, many banks still revised the borrowing rate.

Prospect for higher FDI

. After a standstill period due to bad impacts of the global economic slow down, more and more foreign companies have come to Vietnam to seek investment and business opportunities.

Leading B2B websites in Vietnam

. More than 100,000 Vietnamese firms have to date joined www.alibaba.com, one of the global leaders in business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce Websites, said China’s Alibaba Group. .About 4,000 Vietnamese small- and medium-sized

Vietnam airline market takes off

Economic recovery is set to spark demand, competition and reasonable fares on Vietnam�s air travel market, industry insiders say. Vo Huy Cuong, head of the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam�s

Workers quit factories for more cushy jobs, labor shortage ensues

After the Tet holidays, Tran Thi Phuong from northern Nam Dinh Province did not return to the Hanoi-based garment firm where she had worked for several years. The 28-year-old woman

Vietnam warned of inflation and trade deficit

The trade deficit is likely to prompt a further fall of the Vietnamese dong this year while food, housing and transport costs are leading inflation higher, according to a Standard

Uy Nam Construction Investment Joint Stock Co (Unicons) EPS at 16,644 dong/share in 2009

Uy Nam Construction Investment Joint Stock Co (Unicons) has recently reported audited fiscal report in 2009 with 663.01 billion dong in revenue from sales and service provision, up 24.16 percent

Vietnams export levels bear little impact from European debt crisis

According to trade experts under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the impact of the debts crisis in Europe is not all that significant because the Vietnamese dong is still