Taxing with an even hand

Taxing with an even hand

Bui Van Nam, chief of the General Department of Taxation, talks to VIR about the tax sector’s constant efforts to ease tax obligations for businesses and individuals and boost governance efficiency.
No easy medicine to cure banking woes

No easy medicine to cure banking woes

A crisis of bad debt is just one reason why Vietnam is restructuring its banking industry amid domestic and global economic turbulence. McKinsey & Company senior partner Joydeep Sengupta and partner Marco Breu offer their perspective on the challenges facing Vietnam’s banking sector.
High-tech agriculture takes root

High-tech agriculture takes root

The agriculture sector for many years was an ugly duckling for investors. However, more investors are seeing its huge profit potential with the harnessing of advanced technologies for agriculture manufacturing. Linh Thuy reports.
Textile sector gets stitched up

Textile sector gets stitched up

Vietnam’s textile and garment sector is slowly losing its attractiveness to foreign direct investment.
A performance booster for SOEs

A performance booster for SOEs

Marco Breu, managing partner of McKinsey & Company Vietnam, and Diaan-Yin Lin, partner offer an analysis of reform measures regarding state-owned enterprises in Vietnam
Time for FDI engine recalibration

Time for FDI engine recalibration

Vietnam’s economic uncertainties make the investment climate highly risky.
A hot sector in a cool economy

A hot sector in a cool economy

The road network in Vietnam is currently undergoing rapid reconstruction.
M&As continue to help drive the economy

M&As continue to help drive the economy

KPMG Vietnam’s director of corporate finance advisory services Carl Gordon reviews the recent mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity and key trends in Vietnam.
M&As to remain in vogue in 2012

M&As to remain in vogue in 2012

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) will continue at high levels in 2012 with inbound acquisitions remaining significant, driven by high levels of interest amongst Asian investors, especially those from Japan and Korea, looking to tap Vietnam’s growing economy, large population and its strong resource base. Stephen Gaskill, deputy general director of PwC Vietnam, puts VIR’s Hoang Anh in the picture.
Global downturn is to bite into  the agriculture sector’s fortunes

Global downturn is to bite into the agriculture sector’s fortunes

Vietnam’s agricultural sector is unlikely to make hay while the sun shines this year due to the global continued economic downturn.
Cultivating key economic solutions

Cultivating key economic solutions

On January 4, 2012, Vietnam’s government released Resolution 01/NQ-CP, on seven key solutions for 2012.
Seeing brightness amid the gloom

Seeing brightness amid the gloom

Craig Wallace, manager of DTZ Vietnam, offers his perspective on Ho Chi Minh City’s real estate sector
Bonus figures catch eyes

Bonus figures catch eyes

Next year’s New Year and Tet bonus figures are being aired.
Textiles and garments enjoy $6.5 billion surplus

Textiles and garments enjoy $6.5 billion surplus

With export turnover expected to top $13.8 billion this year, the textile and garment sector remains the country’s top earner, Le Tien Truong, deputy chairman of the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association, told Tuoi Tre.
KPMG looks to push PPP

KPMG looks to push PPP

KPMG Vietnam wants to assist the government with the process of building financial models and the public finance management for public-private partnership projects in Vietnam.
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