better livestock planning needed to moderate food prices

Better livestock planning needed to moderate food prices

Nguyen Thanh Son, director of the National Institute of Animal Husbandry in the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, recently spoke with VIR’s Thuy Lien about the livestock business and the need for a well-conceived sustainable development strategy to better manage the fluctuations in food prices.
capital thirsty firms need answers

Capital thirsty firms need answers

Industry insides are chewing over the interest rate situation and suggesting ways to increase firms’ access to loans.
hooking tra fish exports

Hooking tra fish exports

Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) is considering setting a floor export price for tra fish.
market players face some golden questions

Market players face some golden questions

Industry insiders are chewing over the State Bank’s recent market changes to make sure the bullion market stays secure.
debt issue held up to the light

Debt issue held up to the light

A long-awaited draft decree addressing bank bad debts is under the microscope.
poor banks to be brought to account

Poor banks to be brought to account

A big stick is to be taken to banks’ restructuring.
tra industry on the hook

Tra industry on the hook

Most firms and farmers breeding and processing tra fish for export have incurred capital shortages, but Vietnam Tra Fish Association chairman Nguyen Viet Thang warns the industry could fall into the hands of foreign investors once it was overly opened to foreign investment.
brining banking to account

Brining banking to account

Industry players are chewing over ways to tackle pressing banking sector issues.
bullet fired at dollarisation

Bullet fired at dollarisation

Restrictions and prohibitions of lending in foreign currencies are being proposed as measure to promote the de-dollarisation of the local economy.
banking merger paying dividends

Banking merger paying dividends

The merger of struggling Habubank into the Saigon-Hanoi Commercial (SHB), one of the first such transactions in the ongoing restructuring of Vietnam’s banking sector under guidance by the State Bank (SBV), appears to be making progress against bad debt.
tienphong bank puts ma into focus

TienPhong Bank puts M&A into focus

The performance of TienPhong Bank, a participant in the first 2012 merger and acquisition (M&A) trend helping to restructure Vietnam’s troubled banking industry, is now coming into focus.
amc a knight in shining armor

AMC a knight in shining armor

Founding a national Asset Management Company (AMC) is believed to be one way to radically address the nation’s rock economic situation. National Assembly Finance and Budget Committee’s standing member Bui Duc Thu brings some light to AMC model.
economic misfortune rocks the house

Economic misfortune rocks the house

The nation’s financial woes have been hot on the agenda of the on-going National Assembly session.
banks being brought to account

Banks being brought to account

Banking restructuring is again under the spotlight.
credit growths growing pains

Credit growth’s growing pains

Banking system credit growth for 2013 is under the spotlight.