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		<title>Danang City Lures US$2.8 Billion Worth of FDI</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jul. 26 &#8211; The major port city of Danang in central Vietnam has so far lured in US$2.8 billion worth of foreign direct investment.
A majority of the investments were poured into 29 realty projects comprising of up to 73 percent of the city’s total FDI. Danang&#8217;s largest foreign investor was the British Virgin Islands followed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dezan Shira Hire More Staff in Vietnam</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 07:21:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HANOI, Jul. 26 &#8211; Dezan Shira &#38; Associates is hiring more legal and tax staff in Vietnam, according to the firm’s principal, Chris Devonshire-Ellis.
“Vietnam is recovering quickly from the fall off in FDI it experienced due to the global downturn, and this, coupled with a change in the economic dynamics in China is spearheading a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Investments in HCMC Economic Zones Up by 176 Percent</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 06:49:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jul. 23 – Economic and industrial zones investments in Ho Chi Minh City rose by 176 percent during the first half of the year reaching US$320 million.
More than 70 percent of investments made in the zones, approximately US$225 million, came from local investments. Companies located in the zones reported a total export turnover worth US$1.6 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Commercial Arbitration Law to Help Resolve Disputes Faster</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 07:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jul. 21 &#8211; Vietnam&#8217;s new Commercial Arbitration Law, set to take effect from January 1, 2011, is expected to help local and foreign businesses resolve disputes quicker outside of the court of law.
The new law was approved on June 17, 2010 by the National Assembly and will provide an important legal foundation for businesses to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public Private Partnership Deal for Expressway in Dong Nai Province Approved</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 06:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jul. 19 &#8211; The expressway project that will link Dau Giay located in Dong Nai Province with Phan Thiet town in Binh Thuan Province has been approved by authorities under a public private partnership deal.
Provincial authorities will be in charge of site clearance and compensation while construction will be led by the Binh Minh Import [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Border Economic Zone Approved for Southern Province</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 05:37:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jul. 7 &#8211; Authorities have given the go signal to build a border gate economic zone (EZ) located in the southern province of Dong Thap to facilitate trade within the Mekong region.
The EZ is slated to be developed to cater to industrial production, trade, tourism, agriculture, forestry and fishery in a total area of 31,936 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Largest Casino in Vietnam Closes Over Permit Violations</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 06:17:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jun. 30 &#8211; The biggest casino in the country has been ordered to shut down due to permit violations.
Located in Danang, the casino is a joint-venture between U.S.-based Silver Shores and Hoang Dat of Hanoi. Hoang Dat Silver Shores International Entertainment Co. will only be allowed to reopen the casino and hotel complex after it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam Advised to Improve Industrial Park Services</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 06:12:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jun. 29 – Vietnam was advised to develop its industrial parks to offer more services to entice more foreign investors to come in.
According to Marc Townsend, the general director of CB Richard Ellis Vietnam, industrial parks in the country should be equipped with trade centers, offices, apartments, hotels and other logistics services in addition to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>French Company to Develop US$600 Million Road Project in Vietnam</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 06:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jun. 28 &#8211; French company VINCI Construction Grands Projects recently signed a memorandum of understanding with Deo Ca Investment JSC to develop the Ca Pass tunnel and road project located in the north-south corridor between Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi.
The US$600 million project will make it safer to travel the mountain pass located in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Biggest Cold Storage Facility in the Region Opens in Ho Chi Minh City</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 05:12:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jun. 22 &#8211; The largest cold storage facility in Southeast Asia opened in  Ho Chi Minh City last week to provide services to the country&#8217;s local and foreign aquaculture and food companies.
The US$28 million facility was built by U.S.-based Preferred Freezer Services as part of its strategic plans to expand into Asia in the [...]]]></description>
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