Firms cool on registration codes

Firms cool on registration codes

Businesses’ concerns over a lack of flexibility when it comes to registering their business activities have been eased.
Banks putting shoulders to the wheel

Banks putting shoulders to the wheel

Local banks are working to meet macroeconomy stabilisation measures.
List of national target programs in 2011

List of national target programs in 2011

Some 15 national target programs will be carried out in 2011, according to PM Nguyen Tan Dung’s Decision No. 2331/QĐ-TTg dated on December 20, 2010.
Purse strings set to loosen in 2011

Purse strings set to loosen in 2011

Ralf Matthaes, Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS) regional managing director for Vietnam and Malaysia, provides a unique insight into Vietnamese consumer spending trends in 2011.
Forest projects facing the axe

Forest projects facing the axe

A large chunk of Vietnam’s largest foreign forest planter’s six projects will face the chop due to lying in sensitive locations.
A home to ambitious investment

A home to ambitious investment

The demand for housing by industrial zones’ workers and low-income people has become critical throughout the country amid rapid economic development.
Building green foundations

Building green foundations

As Vietnam is actively responding climate change, it is essential to attach much importance to green architecture when planning urban areas in the country, writes Professor Dang Hung Vo, former vice minister of Vietnam Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.
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