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		<title>Vietnam Briefing Now Accessible in Mobile App</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 03:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Free App Brings Vietnam Briefing to Your Fingertips Dec. 16 &#8211; The brand new Asia Briefing mobile application brings the latest business news and foreign investment insights from Vietnam Briefing web site right to your fingertips. The free app integrates with legal and tax regulatory updates from Dezan Shira &#38; Associates, along with China, India, Russia, Mongolia Briefings, and 2point6billon.com (for emerging Asia). With hourly updates, it helps you stay on top of Asia’s dynamic investment environments. The free app, currently available for iPhone, will be available for Blackberry and iPad next week, and Android early next year. Download Asia &#8230; <a href="http://www.vietnam-briefing.com/news/vietnam-briefing-accessible-mobile-app.html/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Real Estate Market Trends in Hanoi</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 06:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oct. 26 – Investor interest in Hanoi&#8217;s residential property has increased in recent years. With an average population growth rate of 5 percent a year coupled with a considerable area of vacant land, housing prices in Hanoi have been pushed up to levels that are higher than they should be. Selling prices of upmarket houses remain high while prices of average houses climbed 8.5 percent. “The population in the next 15-20 years will grow constantly with middle-class people and medium-sized enterprises having the fastest growth rates,” according to Mr. Vu Xuan Thien, deputy director of the Housing and Real Estate &#8230; <a href="http://www.vietnam-briefing.com/news/real-estate-market-trends-hanoi.html/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam Introduces Favorable Policies for Supporting Industries</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 03:57:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On February 24, 2011, the Vietnamese government issued Decision No.12/2011/QT-TTg pursuant to the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 49 10/QT-TTg of July 19, 2010, approving the list of prioritized high technologies. The Decision took effect on April 15, 2011. <a href="http://www.vietnam-briefing.com/news/vietnam-introduces-favorable-policies-supporting-industries.html/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Growth in Vietnam&#8217;s Entertainment Sector Attracting Foreign Investors</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 07:58:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An investor who visits the Megastar Cinema in Vincom City Tower in Hanoi will likely be met by large crowds. A visit to the West Lake, passing through the Ho Tay water park, will generate a similar experience. By Jonathan Choppin Jul. 12 – The entertainment industry in Vietnam is showing increasing potential and positive indicators like growing cinema audiences and an increasing number of karaoke venues, western-style bars and nightclubs. Much of this industry’s growth, which tripled in value between 2004 and 2009, can be attributed to the country’s stable economy. On the whole, the entertainment industry will play &#8230; <a href="http://www.vietnam-briefing.com/news/growth-vietnams-entertainment-sector-attracting-foreign-investors.html/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Goods Imported into Vietnam must Register Certificate of Origin</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 11:14:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jul. 5 – In an afternoon news conference on June 30, 2011, Deputy of Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Diep Kinh Tan said Circular No. 13/2011/TT-BNNPTNT would guide the inspection of food safety resources and vegetable imports effective from July 01, 2011. The Circular clarified that if the origin of plants and goods are not registered with authorities in Vietnam, they will not be allowed to be imported into the country. Goods imported into Vietnam must come from nations which the competent authorities in Vietnam recognize fully meet the requirements for food safety. Goods should also be packaged &#8230; <a href="http://www.vietnam-briefing.com/news/goods-imported-vietnam-register-certificate-origin.html/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Logistics Industry Outlines New Strategies to Catch Bigger Opportunities</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 10:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jun. 27 – The Vietnamese logistics market is still at a very early stage of development, so there are still various difficulties in this area. Nonetheless, the logistics industry is a huge contributor to the country’s gross domestic product. To increase development, logistic companies in the country are looking at new strategies and try to catch bigger opportunities in 2011. The World Bank ranked Vietnam alongside China, India, Thailand, Uganda, the Philippines and South Africa as the fastest growing developing nations in terms of economy. In the Logistics Performance Index, Vietnam’s general score was 2.96 points and its infrastructure score &#8230; <a href="http://www.vietnam-briefing.com/news/logistics-industry-outlines-strategies-catch-bigger-opportunities.html/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam Attracts Japanese Investors as Bilateral Relations Improve</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 02:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jun. 7 – On his recent trip to Japan, Vietnam’s Party Politburo member Truong Tan Sang commended Vietnam-Japan relations over the last 40 years while encouraging future high-level visits and the expansion of delegation exchanges because of the “Vietnam-Japan Friendship Year” coming in 2013. In his conversation with Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, Sang added that they will try to stimulate the “strategic partnership for peace and prosperity in Asia” between Vietnam and Japan. Also he offered his sympathies to the Japanese people because of the recent natural disasters and promised that Vietnam will support Japan as well as it &#8230; <a href="http://www.vietnam-briefing.com/news/vietnam-attracts-japanese-investors-bilateral-relations-improve.html/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam to Invest in Water-Related Infrastructure</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 02:33:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mar. 31 – Vietnam’s government aims to boost the nation’s shipping volume by more than 400 percent over the next 10 years by investing heavily in its ports. The emergent Southeast Asian economy is channeling billions of dollars into building ports for container ships in a move to draw export-oriented industry from China. The investment may send Ho Chi Minh City’s port complex into the top 15 ports within the next few years, said Malcolm Gregory, chief commercial officer at Cai Mep International Terminal Company. Companies such as Nokia and Intel also are considering shifting production to Vietnam, lured by &#8230; <a href="http://www.vietnam-briefing.com/news/vietnam-invest-waterrelated-infrastructure.html/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Higher Fuel Prices Proposed to Combat Smuggling</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 23:24:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mar. 24 – Oil companies and authorities in the southern provinces have recommended that fuel prices be raised in Vietnam to combat smuggling into neighboring Cambodia, where fuel is much more expensive. The Ministry of Industry and Trade said A92 gasoline in Vietnam is VND19,300 per liter, while the price in Cambodia hovers around VND24,000. The ministry Monday convened a meeting with authorities from southern provinces and some fuel trading firms to discover solutions to the smuggling of gasoline. During January and February, the police seized more than 25,000 liters of smuggled petrol. Last year, more than 573,000 liters were &#8230; <a href="http://www.vietnam-briefing.com/news/higher-fuel-prices-proposed-combat-smuggling.html/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nokia to Build US$275.8 Million Facility in Vietnam</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 08:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Finnish multi-national communications corporation Nokia just announced its US$275.8 million investment plan to build up a new manufacturing plant in Vietnam’s Bac Ninh Province near Hanoi, hoping the new facility will “play a key role” to “connect the next billion to the web” via cell phones. <a href="http://www.vietnam-briefing.com/news/nokia-build-us2758-million-facility-vietnam.html/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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