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Foreign investors welcome State-owned companies’ IPOs
Bank shares and state-owned enterprises’ (SOEs) IPOs (initial public offering) have become highly attractive to foreign investors.
One million dollar speedboat designed by Vietnamese engineers
Scientists say that designing and manufacturing catamarans and trimarans is within the capability of Vietnamese engineers. In fact, Vietnamese shipbuilding engineers have already designed a speedboat worth nearly US$1 million.
Hidden identity: Vietnamese coffee re-exported under other names
Nearly 95% of Vietnam’s coffee is exported as raw products that do not bear a Vietnamese brand.
Four tourist sites in Vietnam that need permits
To conquer Fansipan, Pu Si Lung, Bach Moc Luong Tu and A Pa Chai, tourists must get a permit from the local border posts or management boards.
Images: Tram Chim in the flood season
Located in Tam Nong district of the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap, Tram Chim National Park boasts a rich biodiversity, becoming the world’s 2000th Ramsar site in 2012.
Retail building oversupply reaches alarming level in HCM City
Rents for retail premises in Ho Chi Minh City are falling and shopping malls are poorly patronized, but supply of retail space continues to explode.
Import price hikes anticipated, importers indecisive about plans
The dong devaluation will make goods, especially imports, become more expensive, but analysts say prices will increase slowly.
Hot money to flow to Vietnam in TPP period
The Vietnam economy is expected to see major changes after it signs the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), which includes member countries that make up 40% of the world’s trade.
Photos: 100 million-year-old fossils preserved in Vietnam
The specimens of thousands of millions of years old reflect the evolutionary history of the earth's crust from the primitive age. Each sample bears its own hallmark of the formation, development and extinction in the biota evolutionary sequence.
SBV vows to restructure financial leasing companies
Despite the high demand and the fertile market, only 50% of Vietnamese owned finance leasing companies have been profitable.