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		<title>Quang Trung Software City in HCMC to Become Major IT Park</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 06:40:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apr. 9 &#8211; Quang Trung Software City (QTSC) located in Ho Chi Minh City will soon be developed into a major information technology park.
The software park has been in operation for nine years with a total area of 430,000 square meters designated for software production, research, training, development and distribution. Chu Tien Dung, general director [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maximizing Import Duty Exemptions in Vietnam</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:27:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Joyce Roque
Mar. 17 – Foreign investors in Vietnam may need to import components of their business not readily available in the local market.
Import duty rates regularly change so it is best to always keep abreast with the latest rates. Authorities however prefer businesses that do not import majority of their manufacturing needs from overseas. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam Plans to Develop Telecom Industry, Gov&#8217;t IT Infrastructure</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Feb. 17 &#8211; The Vietnamese government plans to develop a strong telecommunication industry, hoping to boost the use of information technology in government agencies, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said Friday.
Addressing a conference in Hanoi, he said an efficient e-government in Vietnam would facilitate the administrative reform process and increase transparency within government agencies.
He also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hanoi Industrial Parks Attract US$4.14 Billion Worth of Investments</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:35:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Feb. 9 &#8211; According to the Authority for Hanoi Industrial and Export Processing Zones, the city has so far attracted US$4.14 billion worth of projects in its industrial parks.
Of the total 508 licensed projects, 240 are domestic projects worth US$3.533 billion while the rest is composed of 268 foreign-invested projects. In 2009, the IPs were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnamese Businesses to Make More Overseas Investments</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jan. 12 &#8211; The Foreign Investment Agency forecasts that local businesses will make more investments overseas following last year&#8217;s 457 projects worth US$7.2 billion in more than 50 countries and territories.
Last year surpassed average overseas investments by a huge margin with agriculture projects accounting for 40 percent of projects or a majority 68 percent of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IBM to Develop E-Government Center for Ho Chi Minh City</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:22:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dec. 11 &#8211; IBM will develop an e-government cloud for Ho Chi Minh City to enable a one-stop solution  for government services and allow better access to government information.
According to technology news site, Sys-Con Media, the company will first consolidate all of the city government’s e-mail systems and web sites. IBM will also be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vietinbank to Offer Online Remittance Transfer Services</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nov. 24 &#8211; The Vietnam Bank for Industry and Trade (Vietinbank) will begin offering online remittance transfer service to make it easier for Vietnamese overseas to transfer money home.
The service allows a maximum one time transfer amount of US$3,000 or 10 transactions totaling US$15,000 monthly according to VOV News. One can immediately register for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ho Chi Minh City Included in Top Cities for Software Testing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nov. 20 &#8211; Strategic advisory firm, Tholons has included Ho Chi Minh City in its annual report of Top 6 Established Global Outsourcing Cities for Software Testing for the second year in a row.
The city located in South Vietnam was also named in Tholon&#8217;s list of Top 10 Offshore Nations, Top 50 Emerging Global Outsourcing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam, United Kingdom Endorse New Economic Contracts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:42:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oct. 27 &#8211; The Vietnam-UK Business Forum 2009 held in London last week has led to the signing of a number of contracts including a US$1.5 billion project to build a thermo-electricity center and US$1.5 billion project to build a seaport warehouse.
During the forum, Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai said that Vietnam always attached [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam, Laos Launch Mobile Phone Network</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oct. 22 &#8211; Vietnam’s Military Telecom Corporation (Viettel) has launched a mobile phone network in cooperation with its Laotian partner Lao-Asia Telecom.
The network is called Unitel and will be managed by Star Telecom Company, with  Viettel holding a 49 percent stake in the joint venture. Unitel aims to capture 25 percent market share in Laos [...]]]></description>
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