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		<title>Vietnam&#8217;s Nghe An Province Looking for Investors</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:24:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Feb. 9 – For the fourth time, Vietnam’s Nghe An Province recently organized a conference to show and present its potential as a location for new investment projects. Ho Duc Phoc, chairman of the Nghe An Provincial People’s Committee, explained that in the last few years the province has increased its efforts to attract new investors and to boost the settlement of production plants and other business activities in the area. Through the conference, it is hoped that local and foreigner investors will have the opportunity to better understand the high business potential of the province and of its economy, &#8230; <a href="http://www.vietnam-briefing.com/news/vietnams-nghe-province-investors.html/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New Issue of Vietnam Briefing: 100% FOEs, JVs and the Promotion of Supporting Industries</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:31:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As 2012 will be a year of significant change in limitations on foreign ownership regulations for 100 percent FOEs and JVs, this issue offers a clear snapshot of up-to-date regulations and specific changes to expect in 2012, as well as a useful summary of tax incentives and exemptions. Also, a roadmap and timeline for licensing procedures take the guesswork out of this initial step in establishing a business in Vietnam. <a href="http://www.vietnam-briefing.com/news/issue-vietnam-briefing-100-foes-jvs-promotion-supporting-industries.html/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam Drawing Increasing Interest from Italian Investors</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 09:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dec. 8 – Trade and investment between Italy and Vietnam has increased steadily over the last 10 years. According to statistics issued by the Government of Vietnam, Italian FDI projects amounted to US$187 million in 39 projects at the end of 2010. The manufacturing industry still has the biggest share amid Italian FDI, even though other sectors are increasingly showing their interest in the market. In the wake of a recent successful business mission by 24 Tuscan wineries to Vietnam at the beginning of November, Damiano Francovigh, head of the Economics and Commercial Section of the Italian embassy in Vietnam, &#8230; <a href="http://www.vietnam-briefing.com/news/vietnam-drawing-increasing-interest-italian-investors.html/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>World Bank Forecasts 6% Growth for Vietnam in 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nov. 29 – According to the report East Asia and Pacific Economic Update released by the World Bank on November 21, Vietnam&#8217;s gross domestic product (GDP) will increase 6.1 percent next year. The recent forecast confirms Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s expectations of 6 percent to 6.5 percent growth for 2012, which he announced at the opening session of a biannual meeting of the National Assembly last month. GDP growth for the first six months of 2011 was 5.6 percent, and it is expected to grow to around 5.8 percent by the end of the year. The forecasted 6.1 percent &#8230; <a href="http://www.vietnam-briefing.com/news/world-bank-forecasts-6-growth-vietnam-2012.html/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam&#8217;s M&amp;A Activities 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 08:51:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nov. 7 – Following amendments more than five years ago to two major laws regarding investment activities in Vietnam – namely the “Competition Law” and the “Law on Investment” – the country’s mergers and acquisitions (M&#38;A) market has increased from US$299 million in 2006 to US$1.7 billion in 2010. Furthermore, M&#38;A activities for the first nine months of 2011 have reached over US$2.6 billion, doubling the value seen in the same period last year. M&#38;A transactions are also expected to continue to see strong growth in the foreseeable future. “M&#38;A in Vietnam will flourish in the last quarter of 2011 &#8230; <a href="http://www.vietnam-briefing.com/news/vietnams-ma-activities-2011.html/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Germany-Vietnam Investment Cooperation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:11:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Germany now Vietnam’s largest EU trading partner Nov. 3 – In 2010, bilateral trade between Vietnam and Germany reached US$4.1 billion, showing substantial development since the two countries set up diplomatic agreements on September 23, 1975. The mutual understanding between Vietnam and Germany has been further strengthened through maintaining trustworthy partnerships and a political consultation mechanism between the two Foreign Ministries that was established in 2008. Moreover, the two countries have signed a number of agreements to form a legal foundation for bilateral economic cooperation such as the Agreements on Double Taxation Avoidance, Investment Encouragement and Protection, Maritime Shipping and &#8230; <a href="http://www.vietnam-briefing.com/news/germanyvietnam-investment-cooperation.html/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Viet–U.S. Pacific Free Trade Talks could Impact on China SOEs</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 08:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oct. 31 – The United States, currently locked in discussions with Vietnam over the nine country Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), has had proposals to include new rules concerning state-owned enterprises rebuffed by Hanoi. The United States believes that SOEs often reap additional benefits directly from the State which amount to unfair subsidies and protectionism. Washington wants a strong and definable regulatory position in place in the Vietnam agreement as it is expected to become the working model for future trade talks with China, which has over 20,000 state-owned enterprises, many of them multinationals in their own right. Vietnam’s negotiator, Tran Quoc &#8230; <a href="http://www.vietnam-briefing.com/news/vietus-pacific-free-trade-talks-impact-china-soes.html/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam Raises Ceiling for Minimum Wage Levels</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 09:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Francesca Grassi Sept. 27 – On October 5, 2011, new Decree no.70/2011/ND-CP on region-based minimum wage levels will come into force in Vietnam bringing in eloquent changes and a step forward from previous Decree no.107/2010/ND-CP and Decree no.108/2010/ND-CP. The regulation is effectively structured in order to provide companies with exact information about the applicability and scope of the Decree, the amended minimum wage levels, and their application. Decree speaks to labor force of both Vietnamese and foreign companies on same grounds The government is clearly intended to overcome the previous discrimination between workers committed to &#8220;Vietnamese companies, enterprises, cooperatives, &#8230; <a href="http://www.vietnam-briefing.com/news/vietnam-raises-ceiling-minimum-wage-levels.html/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam Commits US$48.8 Bln Towards Increasing Electricity Capacity</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 09:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aug. 5 – Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade recently announced that the country will be spending US$48.8 billion to help boost electricity generation capacity to meet the growing domestic demand. The majority of the funds will be put towards the construction of new plants and power-transmission systems, the ministry said in a statement. Vietnam will also seek FDI and official development aid, as well as commercial loans for the projects. The country has faced an electricity shortage of about 3 percent a year from 2006 to 2010, with a drop in hydropower output during the dry season widening shortfalls &#8230; <a href="http://www.vietnam-briefing.com/news/vietnam-commits-us488-bln-increasing-electricity-capacity.html/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Lists Vietnam Among Key Markets to Promote</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 10:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jul. 22 – The U.S. Department of Commerce launched a report on its National Export Strategy on June 28, 2011 that included Vietnam among a list of key focus markets. According to the report for U.S. Congress, the key markets of Vietnam, Colombia, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia and Turkey all have large populations, high growth, favorable business environments, and many potential opportunities. In order to exploit these new market, the United States will focus on four activities, including trade promotion, export credits, technical assistance, and market development through improved policies and regulations to expand development in new fields such as clean &#8230; <a href="http://www.vietnam-briefing.com/news/lists-vietnam-key-markets-promote.html/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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