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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>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>Use of Digital Signatures Encouraged</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:02:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aug. 25 &#8211; Vietnam&#8217;s Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Information and Communications encouraged the use of digital signatures for government agencies and companies during a workshop held in Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday. The use of digital signature will pave the way for the development of electronic commerce in the country. &#8220;One of the solutions to ensure data security in e-transactions is the use of digital signatures,&#8221; said Tran Huu Linh, deputy head of the Department of Commerce and Information and Technology. &#8220;An unsecured network is one of the obstacles hindering the development of e-commerce &#8230; <a href="http://www.vietnam-briefing.com/news/digital-signatures-encouraged.html/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Cancelation of Express Shipping Taxes to Begin October</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 06:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aug. 20 &#8211; Following Government Decree 87/2010/ND-CP, Vietnam will exempt export and import express packages from tax beginning October 1. The decree will also waive tax on imported raw materials or appliances for specific investment sectors or those not made in the country five years after production date. However, tax will remain in place for automobile assembly parts and household appliances including air-conditioners, electric heaters, refrigerators, washing machines, electric fans, hair dryers and irons. The tax exemption on imported materials used to produce export goods or going to tariff-free zones will be computed when the finished product is exported. Products &#8230; <a href="http://www.vietnam-briefing.com/news/shipping-express-taxes-cut-beginning-oct-1.html/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Update on CIT Incentives and Deductibles</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 07:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aug. 19 &#8211; Tax authorities clarified in June that corporate income tax incentives shall not apply to new business activities after a foreign company has already been granted an investment certificate. Official Letter 2057 says a foreign invested company that decides to offer business activities in addition to the activities stated on its investment certificate shall be considered as expanding its business. The new activity will not be qualified for CIT incentives but will be charged a 25 percent tax. In another letter also released in June, authorities announced that the value of destroyed goods already expired shall not be &#8230; <a href="http://www.vietnam-briefing.com/news/updates-cit-incentives-deductibles.html/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam Currency Devalues, Drops to Record-Low</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 08:18:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aug. 18 &#8211; Vietnam&#8217;s currency, the dong, dropped a further 1.1 percent to  VND19,320 against the U.S. dollar from VND19,425 earlier as part of government efforts to rally economic growth and increase exports, said economists. Yesterday, the central bank let the dong’s daily reference rate slip by 2 percent to VND18,932 per dollar. “The main reason for the central bank’s move is to balance onshore foreign-exchange demand-and-supply and to support exporters,” said Prakriti Sofat, a Singapore-based economist at Barclays Capital. “Vietnam largely exports low value- added goods and typically competes on prices.” The central bank has devalued the dong three &#8230; <a href="http://www.vietnam-briefing.com/news/vietnamese-currency-drops-recordlow.html/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Imports to be Classified into Four Categories Starting Aug. 22</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 07:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aug. 16 &#8211; Beginning August 22, Vietnam Customs will group imports under four categories following Decision 1807/QĐ-TCHQ. Authorities will include documents, trade vouchers, goods enjoying exemption preferences, and duty-free treatment in the first category while the second category will include taxable imports worth up to VND1 million in registration value. These categories will not be required to undergo a customs check. The third category will cover taxable imports with value between VND1 million to VND10 million and the fourth category are commodities subjected to special management, conditional imports, taxable imports worth more than VND10 million as well as goods required &#8230; <a href="http://www.vietnam-briefing.com/news/imports-categories-categories-imports.html/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam to Promote Border Trade</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 07:55:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aug. 13 – The Vietnamese government plans on spending VND16 billion to push border trade promotion programs, says the deputy director of the Ministry of Industry and Trade&#8217;s Mountainous Area Trade Department. The agency will be responsible for managing the campaign and allotting the funds. &#8220;This is the first time money has been poured in trade promotion in border areas, so we have carefully scrutinized the programs,&#8221; said Nguyen Van Hoi adding that the money would be divided among six trade promotion programs. Of the money, an estimated VND4.5 billion will be set aside just for improving agricultural exports at &#8230; <a href="http://www.vietnam-briefing.com/news/vietnam-promote-border-trade.html/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam Introduces Warning System for Anti-Dumping Cases</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 08:27:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aug. 12 &#8211; Vietnam has introduced a new online warning system that will help local companies avoid anti-dumping cases being filed against their products. The web site, www.earlywarning.vn, was funded by the Global Competitiveness Facility based in Denmark. Vietnamese exporters have been struggling with anti-dumping lawsuits against their products from the the United States and the European Union. The online system concentrates on the country&#8217;s top export products, namely seafood, leather and footwear, garments and textiles, wooden products, and electrical wires and cables. Last year, 205 anti-dumping cases were filed against Vietnamese products; amounting to 3,632 cases filed against the &#8230; <a href="http://www.vietnam-briefing.com/news/vietnam-introduces-warning-system-antidumping-cases.html/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Northern Economic Zone Development Plans Approved</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 07:06:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jul. 15 &#8211; The plan to fully develop the Dong Dang Border Gate Economic Zone located in Lang Son Province in northern Vietnam by 2030 has been approved. The zone will span 39,400 hectares including a 1,350 hectare non-tariff area plus a tariff area, preservation area, security area and other export facilities. Dong Dang is ideally situated along the Vietnamese-Chinese border to take advantage of improving trade with China and developing the northern region.  The area has been an important trade route for goods entering the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in China through Pingxiang. The zone&#8217;s first phase will involve &#8230; <a href="http://www.vietnam-briefing.com/news/northern-economic-zone-development-plans-approved.html/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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