affordable housing developer nam long gets six more investors

Affordable housing developer Nam Long gets six more investors

Vietnamese property developer Nam Long, which leads in affordable housing development, has just announced six new corporate investors including the World Bank’s private sector lending arm IFC.
ifc helps build more homes for mid income earners in vietnam

IFC helps build more homes for mid-income earners in Vietnam

International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is financing Nam Long Investment Corp to build 8,000 apartments for mid-income homebuyers in Ho Chi Minh City by 2017.
ifc to invest in vietnamese smes

IFC to invest in Vietnamese SMEs

Philippe L. Ahoua, the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) Asia Pacific Region Treasury Client Solutions Spokesperson, has detailed the corporation’s intentions to invest in Vietnamese small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the near future.
ifc manager discusses bank lending alternatives

IFC manager discusses bank lending alternatives

Rachel Freeman, IFC manager for Access to Finance Advisory Services in East Asia Pacific shared how movables lending could help resolve banks’ non-performing loans and expand financing to small and medium enterprises on the sideline of the international symposium on movables lending organized by IFC and the Vietnamese Banking Association on August 22-23 in Ho Chi Minh City.
ifc time to think about sustainable growth

IFC: Time to think about sustainable growth

The current economic slowdown is not only an opportunity for Vietnam to restructure the economy in general, but also an opportunity for enterprises to pay more attention to sustainable growth. International Finance Corporation’s vice president for Asia Pacific Karin Finkelston, shares with VIR.
improves a companys ability to access finance

Improves a company's ability to access finance

Simon Andrews, IFC Regional Manager emphasized: “Adopting international standards of corporate governance improves a company's ability to access finance and reduces its cost of capital. This gives a company a critical advantage in today's competitive economic environment.”
ifc helps vietinbank improve trade financing for vietnams importers and exporters

IFC helps VietinBank improve trade financing for Vietnam’s importers and exporters

Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade, better known as VietinBank, today received a $120 million trade finance facility from International Finance Corporation that allow the bank to help local companies increase their imports and exports, generate foreign exchange, and create jobs.
vbf provides momentum for action

VBF provides momentum for action

One year has passed since the Consortium of local and international business associations and chambers of commerce took over the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) coordination role in the Vietnam Business Forum (VBF). With a mid-term meeting slated for June 3, VBF Consortium co-chair Alain Cany speaks with VIR about the impact of the move.
ifc builds for a greener future

IFC builds for a greener future

International Finance Corporation will help promote energy efficiency in Vietnam’s building sector.
us wins fireworks competition in da nang

US wins fireworks competition in Da Nang

Melrose Pyrotechnics of the US with a spectacular display overwhelmed four other teams to rank first at the 2013 Da Nang International Fireworks Competition (DIFC 2013) that closed on April 30.
ifc uses its expertise to help tackle npl problem

IFC uses its expertise to help tackle NPL problem

Non-performing loans (NPLs) may continue to rise, even as the State Bank works to resolve the crisis.
ifc issues sign of respect for vib

IFC issues sign of respect for VIB

IFC has awarded the “Best GTFP issuing bank in East Asia and the Pacific” to Vietnam International Commercial Joint Stock Bank
ifc investing in vietnam to help settle banking issues

IFC investing in Vietnam to help settle banking issues

Non-performing loan and cross-ownership are two big issues that Vietnam has to clean up in its banking sector to improve investors’ confidence in the economy.
oiling wheels of a slow moving machine

Oiling wheels of a slow moving machine

Vietnam improved its ranking in respect to tax facilitation as seen in the recent World Bank and International Finance Corporation (IFC)’s Doing Business 2013 Report, but it remains near the bottom among ASEAN countries. Hoang Thi Lan Anh, deputy head of General Department of Taxation (GDT)’s Reform and Modernisation Department, sheds some light on the matter.
ifc helps champion nations energy efficiency

IFC helps champion nation’s energy efficiency

Vietnamese firms are expected to use energy more efficiently and save money.