13-09-2010 06:00
A better guideline for foreign investors to unlock the local retail market was talked up with a new retail sales decree’s arrival.
13-09-2010 06:00
“The investors are working to fix their problems. By mid September, the Haiphong plant expected to bring back its second turbine into operation”
06-09-2010 06:00
Energy-hungry steel plants have been told to build their own power plants. State-run Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) has proposed the government require steel manufacturing projects with more than a 100MVA power demand to build their own power supplies.
31-08-2010 21:33
The Ministry of Industry and Trade is holding foreign businesses up to increased scrutiny.
31-08-2010 21:05
A Taiwanese investor has been given the nod to raise its giant steel manufacturing capacity, despite fears of a domestic steel glut.
29-08-2010 21:39
Vietnam and Japan will enter the second round of negotiations on the movement of natural persons, particularly the Vietnamese nurses to the Eastern Asian country, later this year.
29-08-2010 21:32
The nation’s long power drought is to roll on as hydro power plants await promised rains.
29-08-2010 11:26
Vietnam and Singapore in August, 2010 celebrate the 36th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic relations.
11-08-2010 17:56
Vietnam and Singapore in August, 2010 celebrate the 36th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic relations. Singapore’s ambassador to Vietnam Simon Wong Wie Kuen tells VIR’s Lien Huong about the flourishing cooperation between the two nations during the past year and potential for future collaboration.
19-07-2010 17:56
Heavyweight state-owned power producers have been crippled by a severe dearth of capital to move on with new electricity generation projects.
12-07-2010 17:37
Vietnam and the European Union are close to clinching a significant agreement which will bring the two bodies closer together.
05-07-2010 21:51
On the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the Vietnam-United States normalised diplomatic relations, AmCham Vietnam’s governor and Baker & McKenzie LLP’s managing partner Fred Burke offers VIR’s Lien Huong some views about the changes in Vietnam’s business environment during the past decade which could attract more interest from US investors.
21-06-2010 17:57
The Vietnam Steel Association recently requested the government take strict control over the approval of steel projects to avoid a glut of products.
08-06-2010 17:57
Vietnamese steel-makers are demanding an iron hand from local authorities to prevent the influx of imported steel, particularly products already supplied by domestic makers.
29-09-2008 17:57
International economists have given Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung straightforeward advice in a rare meeting with the Vietnamese leader.