Exports face ending year on a low

Exports face ending year on a low

A number of factors could hold back agricultural product exports in 2011’s remaining months despite earlier buoyant figures.
Agricultural imports rise 23 per cent

Agricultural imports rise 23 per cent

Vietnam saw a year-on-year increase of 22.6 per cent to $10.4 billion in the first eight months of this year in imports of material for production and processing and finished products for the farming, forestry and seafood industries, said the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Property faces a taxing issue

Property faces a taxing issue

Property transfer tax calculations are splitting industry insiders.
Zones the beating heart of the city

Zones the beating heart of the city

Ho Chi Minh City-based industrial zones and export processing zones have muscled up the city’s socio-economic development in the past two decades.
VinaLiving offers quality across the housing market

VinaLiving offers quality across the housing market

‘VinaLiving believes young buyers of mid-range townhouses today will be buyers of luxury products in the future. We will give them a quality product now and will be more than happy to deliver higher-end residences to them in the future. Our brand will grow alongside our clients.’
Judgment day for many foreign backed stocks

Judgment day for many foreign backed stocks

Underperforming listed foreign-invested firms have adversely affected their stock transactions.
Agricultural exports blossom in 2011

Agricultural exports blossom in 2011

Vietnam’s agricultural sector expects to surpass 2011’s export target of $23 billion since agricultural, forest items and seafood exports exceeded $10 billion in the year’s first five months.
CapitaValue Homes targets 6,400 homes in Vietnam

CapitaValue Homes targets 6,400 homes in Vietnam

CapitaValue Homes Limited, CapitaLand Group’s strategic business unit focusing on building good value homes in Asia, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, CVH Sparkle Pte. Ltd., has acquired 65 per cent stake in Quoc Cuong Sai Gon Company Limited for a cash consideration of VND121.2 billions ($5.8 million).
Trade deficit continues to rise

Trade deficit continues to rise

The trade deficit increased to $6.6 billion in the first five months this year compared to $5.4 billion in the same period of last year due to higher import value, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
Increasing value from business disposals

Increasing value from business disposals

How sellers can put themselves in the best possible position to extract maximum value from business disposals is outlined by KPMG Vietnam’s advisory services, transaction and restructuring director Carl Gordon.
Imports now a luxury

Imports now a luxury

The import of so-called inessential luxury goods is on the cards due to a favourable low foreign exchange rate.
Finding the true price of an acquisition

Finding the true price of an acquisition

“The rationale of the acquirer for entering into the transaction often provides an indication as to which major intangible assets the acquired company may have”
20/20 vision needed for home mortgages

20/20 vision needed for home mortgages

Leon Cheneval, Savills Vietnam’s national director of banking and corporate services, discusses the local mortgage market and some guidance along the path of making sound mortgage decisions.
Anxious looks at trade deficit

Anxious looks at trade deficit

The trade deficit is forecast not to dramatically drop in the immediate future.
US trade turnover continue rising in Jan

US trade turnover continue rising in Jan

Two-way trade turnover between Vietnam and the US in January 2011 reached nearly $1.8 billion, an increase of $301.3 million or 21.3 per cent over the same period last year.
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