No small banks to be closed
Hanoi (VNA) - Nine small banks face closure due to inadequate charter capital have
completed plans to increase funds to 1 trillion VND (57.14 million USD) each, the
Big money lures rural workers to unsafe work sites
Hanoi (VNA) - Young, healthy males are rushing to big cities to get better-paid jobs
at construction sites - with scant regard for the dangers it can bring.
Small businesses save money through energy conservation
HCM City (VNA) - Hundreds of small and medium businesses in Vietnam have
reduced their energy costs by about 50 percent after implementing energy saving
Party central committee convenes ninth meeting
Hanoi (VNA) - The 9 th meeting of the 10 th Party Central Committee opened in
Hanoi on Jan 5, scheduled to review the implementation of the 10 th Prty Congress's
Export rice price up 13 percent in one week
Hanoi (VNA) - Export rice prices are on the rise. The price of 25 percent broken
rice has climbed nearly 13 percent since the middle of last week, to 350 USD a
Auto makers ask Gov't to delay tax hike
HCM City (VNA) - Auto manufacturers have asked the Government to delay a
proposed hike in special consumption and value-aded taxes and, in fact, to roll
104 businesses praised for sustainable development (correction)
Hanoi (VNA) - A total of 104 State-owned enterprises have been honoured as
businesses with sustainable development as they record high growth rates for years,
Vietcombank seeks to list shares in HCM City
Hanoi (VNA) - Vietcombank submitted an application on Dec. 31 to list shares on
the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE).
Nation spends 40 billion VND on energy saving
Hanoi (VNA) - The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) will invest 40 billion VND
(2.35 million USD) in a programme on economical and effective energy use in 2009,
Partner sought for first oil refinery
Hanoi (VNA) - The Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) planned to
sell a 49 percent stake of Dung Quat Oil Refinery, its chairman Dinh La Thang said
on Jan. 2.
