keys to solving southeast asias shipping gridlock

Keys to solving Southeast Asia’s shipping gridlock

Ongoing congestion at Singapore’s container port has impacted the shipping industry’s peak season this year. Vu Nguyen Hanh, editor of Vietnam Briefing at Dezan Shira & Associates, analyses the opportunities and challenges for Vietnamese ports, as well as their alternative solutions.
rolls royce lands for business to take off

Rolls-Royce lands for business to take off

Rolls-Royce, a world leader in aerospace, marine and energy fields, is engineering success in Vietnam.
sacombank hunts investors

Sacombank hunts investors

Sacombank is courting foreign institutions for new marriages after a string of institutional investors bailed out on this top-tier private bank.
vietinbank to test markets risk appetite

Vietinbank to test market’s risk appetite

Vietinbank could turn the heads of edgy investors this month as its international bond auction is launched amidst a risk averse global market.
credit limit reshuffled

Credit limit reshuffled

The State Bank is to offer foreign bankers a much needed carrot next year when it recalibrates lending limits to torpedo a one-size-fits-all policy.
british parliamentarians offer sage advice

British parliamentarians offer sage advice

A UK Houses of Parliament delegation last week  visited Vietnam to leverage relations between the UK and Vietnam, which are now strategic partners under a deal signed late last year.
canadians close in on vietinbank deal

Canadians close in on Vietinbank deal

Local lender Vietinbank looks set to clinch a key deal with Canada’s Bank of Nova Scotia within the next few months.
state bank chief has full plate

State Bank chief has full plate

Reducing Vietnam’s lending interest rate, stabilising the VND/USD exchange rate and consolidating the bulky system of credit institutions are all high on newly-elected State Bank Governor Nguyen Van Binh’s agenda.
bigger slice of credit institution pie for foreign appetites

Bigger slice of credit institution pie for foreign appetites

Foreign strategic investors are set for a breakthrough in their long desired wish to have greater stakes in Vietnamese credit institutions.
banks face tough juggling act

Banks face tough juggling act

Foreign banks’ January-April credit growth was 14.7 per cent, or more than double that of the banking system as a whole.
tough medicine for pharma firms

Tough medicine for pharma firms

Most listed Vietnamese firms would love to boast of a foreign component to their ownership structure, seeing it as a boost to their prestige.
japan counting the cost of march disasters

Japan counting the cost of March disasters

How is Japan recovering from its devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami and will the disaster impact on its official development assistance (ODA) and direct investment in Vietnam?
america is courting vietnam for tpp deal

America is courting Vietnam for TPP deal

Is Vietnam making good on its World Trade Organization (WTO) commitments and why is the United States interested in bringing Vietnam into the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement?
caav proposes to delay greenlighting airline of johnathan hanh nguyen

CAAV proposes to delay greenlighting airline of Johnathan Hanh Nguyen

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam has just proposed the Ministry of Transport to stop considering giving an in-principle approval for the establishment of IPP Air Cargo of Johnathan Hanh Nguyen.
getting lost in ngu hanh son

Getting lost in Ngu Hanh Son

Ngu Hanh Son (Marble Mountains) is a famous destination in Danang City that tourists should put it their itinerary.