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		<title>Nielsen Survey: Vietnam Second Most Optimistic Consumer Market</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:53:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jul. 29 &#8211; Vietnam was ranked as the second most optimistic country in the world according to a global consumer confidence index conducted by Nielsen.
India was the most optimistic followed by Indonesia and Vietnam in a tie for second place. The Global Consumer Confidence Index measures consumer confidence, concerns and spending intentions of 27,000 internet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam-Cambodia Trade Up by 130 Percent</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 07:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[May 11 &#8211; Trade between Vietnam and Cambodia jumped 130 percent in the first four months of the year, reaching US$432 million.
The two nations set a goal to bring in US$2 billion worth of bilateral trade for 2010. Last year, trade amounted to US$1.33 billion, a decrease of 19 percent compared to the previous year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam, Chinese Province Sign Trade Deals</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apr. 29 – Vietnam signed trade deals with China’s east province of Jiangsu during the China-Vietnam Economic Cooperation Forum held in Nanjing on April 27.
The deals encompass cooperation in industry, trade, investment, finance, and tourism. Trade between Vietnam and Jiangsu Province has grown by 30 percent in the past four years.  On the other hand, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam to Waive Visa Fees for August and September</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 05:54:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apr. 27 &#8211; Vietnam will waive visa fees for foreign visitors to the country from August to September as part of the  “Impressive Vietnam Grand Sale 2010” campaign.
Foreign tourists can claim a refund of value added tax when they buy goods during the two month program. Tourist-related businesses in Hanoi, Danang, and Ho Chi [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam Issues New Birth Control Regulations</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:50:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mar. 12 &#8211; Vietnam has issued revised regulations on its Population Ordinance that will allow exceptions to the two baby quota rule.
Families will be allowed to have three children in the following circumstances: if couples give birth to triplets or have a child and give birth to two or more babies during the second birth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam to Limit Car Imports</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mar. 4 &#8211; The Ministry of Industry and Trade plans to limit car imports by implementing regulations that would help cut down its trade deficit.
The new restrictions will affect the importation of cars with less than 16 seats which make up majority of total cars imported from abroad and require that they pass quality tests [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Tet from Vietnam Briefing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:08:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Foreign Hotel Offers US$21,000 Tet Bonus in Ho Chi Minh City</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:49:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jan. 11 &#8211; The highest bonus given during Tet Festival comes from a foreign hotel industry company in Ho Chi Minh City amounting to US$21,000, according to the city’s Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs.
The department based the information on an official list of compiled from reports submitted by almost 1,000 companies. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Higher Tet Bonuses Expected Next Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:49:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dec. 1 &#8211; Companies  say they are expecting to give out higher bonuses for 2010 Tet Holidays compared to the previous year due to improving business says Vietnam Net.
The director of the Wage Department under Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA), Tong Thi Minh, said that there was no official information about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business in Vietnam as a Matter of Alignment</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:47:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Joyce Roque
HANOI,  Nov. 17 –Vietnam Briefing spoke with Robert Hughes, a principal at Tonkin Capital and a consultant for T&#38;C Holding JSC. Hughes has been in Asia for 18 years taking top corporate posts in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Shanghai, Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, the place he now calls home. He [...]]]></description>
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