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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>Exporters Urged to Increase Focus on Germany</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 07:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dec. 29 &#8211; There is still much potential in the German market for Vietnamese exporters to explore, said participants in a conference held in Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday. While Germany has grown into one of Vietnam’s major trading partners since 2007, the current export volume to the European country is still modest compared to the volume of export to China, Thailand and India, noted Do Thang Hai, director of the Trade Promotion Agency at the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIT). As Vietnam’s sixth largest importer, Germany offers a market with great potential for key Vietnamese exports such &#8230; <a href="http://www.vietnam-briefing.com/news/exporters-urged-increase-focus-germany.html/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam&#8217;s Bank Restructuring a Big Opportunity for Foreign Investors</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Lorenzo Martelli Dec. 14 – Increases in the ownership ratios that foreign strategic partners can hold at Vietnamese joint stock banks, encouragement for the merger of weak banks, and not increasing the chartered capital are the main points of the European Chamber of Commerce (EuroCham)’s proposal when talking about bank restructuring. Decree No. 69/2007/ND-CP enacted by the Prime Minister in 2007 decided to allow a strategic foreign investor to purchase from between 15 percent to 20 percent stake in a domestic bank, which, however, must not exceed 30 percent of the chartered capital of that bank. According to EuroCham, &#8230; <a href="http://www.vietnam-briefing.com/news/vietnams-bank-restructuring-big-opportunity-foreign-investors.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>Lower Rent for Manufacturers and Environmental Tax Exemptions</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:49:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Vietnamese Government issued Decision No. 2093/QD-TTg to reduce businesses' land use rental costs for 2011 and 2012. A 50 percent reduction in rentals for leased land will be enjoyed by firms conducting manufacturing businesses. <a href="http://www.vietnam-briefing.com/news/rent-manufacturers-environmental-tax-exemptions.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>Corporate Income Tax Delayed One Year For Labor-Intensive Enterprises</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Decision 54/2011/QD-TT inked by the Prime Minister agrees to extend corporate income tax payments in 2011 for labor-intensive companies as well as select co-operatives. <a href="http://www.vietnam-briefing.com/news/corporate-income-tax-delayed-year-laborintensive-enterprises.html/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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