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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>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>Single Customs Window Pilot Project to Improve Vietnam Trade</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 08:12:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sept. 28 &#8211; Vietnam is working towards improving its trade process with a single window customs pilot project backed by the U.S. Trade and Development Agency. “This pilot project will help to increase revenue, enforce trade compliance regulations and reduce the cost of cargo movement into Vietnam, an increasingly important partner for the United States in Southeast Asia,” U.S. Ambassador Michael W. Michalak said when the US$718,600 grant was signed on September 15. The project aims to effectively cut down customs clearance processing time in the country and develop trade and transit. Moreover, if the project is successful, it may &#8230; <a href="http://www.vietnam-briefing.com/news/vietnam-leads-aseans-efforts-develop-single-customs-window.html/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Early Warning Web Site Launched to Help Prevent Anti-Dumping Cases</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 03:49:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sept. 24 &#8211; The Vietnam Competition Authority and and the Global Competition Fund of Denmark launched an early warning web site on Wednesday to help prevent anti-dumping cases and support exporters in Vietnam. The web site is available in Vietnamese and English and initially concentrates on the Vietnam&#8217;s top export products: garments and textiles, footwear, seafood, wood products and electric cables for the U.S. and EU markets. It will also offer exporters market analysis and other useful data on import and export trade.  In the future, the web site plans to expand available information to include 10 sectors exporting to five &#8230; <a href="http://www.vietnam-briefing.com/news/early-warning-antidumping-website-launched.html/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam Says No to Outdated Steel Technologies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 08:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sept. 20 &#8211; The Minister of Industry and Trade said that they will begin rejecting investment licenses for steel projects that use outdated technology. The minister, Vu Huy Hoang, cited that many have licensed steel projects that are outside the industry’s development planning and use backward technologies, causing serious environmental pollution and waste of energy. He said that Vietnam&#8217;s high power rates in the past years have been due to steel projects using outdated technology. State-owned Electricity of Vietnam Group blames the additional steel projects for causing the power shortages in the country. Vietnam wants its steel output to reach &#8230; <a href="http://www.vietnam-briefing.com/news/license-steel-projects-outdated-technologies.html/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>British Tobacco Ordered to Pay US$18.2 Million in Overdue Taxes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 07:46:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sept. 14 &#8211; Tax authorities have ordered joint venture firm British American Tobacco and Vietnam National Tobacco Corporation (Vinataba), located in the Dong Nai Province in southern Vietnam, to pay an estimated VND263 billion in overdue taxes from 2005-2008. The U.K.-based company will also be fined VND91 billion for its joint venture with Vietnam Tobacco Corporation. The joint venture, also referred to as BATJV, was qualified for income tax exemption during the first two years of operation and a 50 percent income tax exemption three years after on the condition that the company use a minimum of 40 percent locally &#8230; <a href="http://www.vietnam-briefing.com/news/british-tobacco-ordered-pay-us182-million.html/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Companies Consider Vietnam the Most Attractive Destination in ASEAN</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:18:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sept. 6 &#8211; Vietnam is considered the most attractive investment destination in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations by American companies, according to survey results announced by the American Chamber of Commerce last month. Out of those surveyed, 57 percent of the companies were already based in Vietnam. An estimated 71 percent of those companies plan on investing more to expand operations as well as 30 percent of U.S. firms in the region. The results were taken from answers given by 328 U.S. companies with businesses in ASEAN member countries in Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore and Vietnam. &#8230; <a href="http://www.vietnam-briefing.com/news/companies-vietnam-attractive-destination-asean.html/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Law on Commercial Arbitration Effective 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:28:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sept. 3 – In June, Vietnam updated its law on commercial arbitration to give investors another option to resolve both contractual and non contractual disputes beginning January 1, 2011. The Law on Commercial Arbitration, also referred to as Law 2010, is a step forward towards aligning Vietnamese regulations to international standards. The new law improves on those outlined in Ordinance on Commercial Arbitration of 2003. Law 2010 expands on the Ordinance 2003 saying that &#8220;any other form which clearly shows the intention of the parties to resolve disputes by arbitration&#8221;  will also include the following: An agreement established by the &#8230; <a href="http://www.vietnam-briefing.com/news/details-vietnams-law-commercial-arbitration.html/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam Emerges as One of the Biggest Beer Markets in the Region</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:47:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aug. 31 &#8211; Vietnam is the second largest beer market in the Southeast Asian region with 1.6 billion liters consumed last year after Cambodia. The market is forecast to expand by 5.6 percent in the following years trailing behind Laos and Cambodia, reports market research company Euromonitor International. As an indication of the country&#8217;s investment potential, Hanoi Beer Alcohol and Beverage Joint Stock Corp. inaugurated one of the largest modern beer breweries in the region, the Hanoi-Me Linh Brewery in Tien Phong Commune, Me Linh Dist in Hanoi this month. The brewery was worth VND2.2 trillion to develop on more &#8230; <a href="http://www.vietnam-briefing.com/news/vietnam-emerging-biggest-beer-market-region.html/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam to Set Up Tax Agency for Large Businesses</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 06:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aug. 24 &#8211; Vietnam has established the Large Enterprise Tax Management Department to specifically cater to the tax issues and payment needs of major corporations. This move will ease the tax process for about 405 large corporations operating in the country. The majority of these types of firms are state-owned and have stakes in top industries such as oil and gas, electricity, mining, post and telecommunications and banking. The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry is set to submit an overall proposal that aims to make it easier for huge corporations to do business in the country. Deputy Minister of &#8230; <a href="http://www.vietnam-briefing.com/news/vietnam-set-tax-agency-large-businesses.html/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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