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The TPP and Vietnam: A Market Entry FDI Signal for Firms Along the Efficiency Chain
Amid the onset of the TPP is a reduction of trade barriers for Vietnam and other countries, and Taiwan and Hong Kong investors have immediately responded by buying up Vietnam equities. Along with the removal of this set of trade barriers will be a closer look at the country, and particularly how additional capital into the country is going to bring additional interest in alternative spots of investment into the country – some routine, some drastic.
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Vietnam Looks to Private Investment to Help its Aviation Industry Take Flight
Vietnam has announced that it is building a framework intended to grow the level of private investment into the country’s aviation industry. In particular, public-private partnerships (PPP) have arisen as one of the main methods of investment.
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Vietnam’s Bitexco Financial Tower Signaling Profits for Thu Thiem Investors
The latest research report from Squawkonomics, which highlights Vietnam’s Bitexco Financial Tower and existing investment opportunities for foreign and domestic companies.
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Vietnam Mulls Law Requiring Shipping Companies to Publicize their Freight Tariffs
The Vietnamese government has announced that it is considering implementing a new decree that would require shipping companies to publicize their freight tariffs (including surcharges and commissions paid to brokers) on both their own websites and on the Vietnam Maritime Administration's website.
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Vietnamese and French Firms Look for New Ways to Increase Free Trade
Speaking on Monday during a conference in Paris, the Trade Counsellor of the Vietnamese Embassy in France, Nguyen Canh Cuong, said Vietnamese and French companies need to take advantage of the business opportunities presented by the Vietnam-European Union Free Trade Agreement (VEFTA).
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Foreign Investors Remain Hesitant About Setting Up Home in Vietnam’s Real Estate Market
Despite a new real estate law that was implemented last July, ostensibly giving foreigners the same property rights as local Vietnamese, foreign investors still remain wary about stepping into the market.
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Vietnam’s Minimum Wages to Increase in 2016
Vietnam's National Wage Council has voted for a 12.4% minimum wage increase in 2016. According to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA)’s Vice Minister, increases will also take place in 2017.
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Vietnam Coffee Growers Continue to Hoard Crops
Hoarding by growers and sliding futures prices have driven up Vietnam’s monthly coffee inventories to over three times higher than the previous year. The country is currently the world’s leading exporter of robusta coffee, earning US$3.62 billion from coffee exports in 2014. Vietnam now rivals Brazil in coffee production.
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Vietnam to Benefit Most from AEC and TPP
Vietnam will gain the most GDP growth of any other economy after implementation of the ASEAN Economy Community (AEC) and Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in almost all scenarios projected by the Vietnam Institute for Economy and Policy Research (VEPR).
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Vietnam News Brief: Tariffs on Exported Plastic Bags, e-Government, and ASEAN-China FTA
In this Vietnam Regulatory Brief, we look at some of the important regulatory changes taking place in Vietnam during the month of September, including tariffs on plastic bags, e-government programs, and the expansion of the ASEAN-China FTA.