Research and Markets: Vietnam Power Report Q3 2010 – Forbes

03 September 2010

... Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/5e86f1/vietnam_power_repo) has announced the addition of the "Vietnam Power Report Q3 2010" report to their offering

Vietnam to require surveillance app at 'net cafés, Google protests …

03 September 2010

A new law in Vietnam law requires all "retail Internet locations" (including 'net cafés, hotels, airports, even offices) to install a government-approved, server-side filtering and surveillance application by 2011. ...

VietAm Review by Jean Libby, editor :: Congressional Caucus on …

03 September 2010

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Vietnam's Mekong Delta by boat and bus : Jumping Anaconda

03 September 2010

Crossing the road in Vietnam's second biggest metropolis, Ho Chi Minh City, is a traumatic experience. After just a few hours in the city I'd nearly been run over a dozen times.

ICS – Vietnam National Pavilion Day

03 September 2010

Vietnam is celebrating its National Pavilion Day. The pavilion presented a traditional singing and dancing performance

KHMER NZ NEWS: Vietnam agrees to supply additional power

03 September 2010

According to a power-purchasing agreement signed in 2001, Vietnam agreed to supply 200 megawatts of power annually to Cambodia from 2009 – but it has fallen short of the target and supplied only 100 megawatts by March this year. ...

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Financial Market

Templeton’s Mobius sees bargains in Vietnam, Romania

Posted on 03 September 2010

VNStockNews.com – Templeton Asset Management’s Mark Mobius said on Friday he sees big bargain-hunting opportunities in Vietnam and Romania due to good growth prospects, with a large potential in their equity markets. Mobius, a prominent emerging markets fund manager who oversees about $40 billion in assets, said he does not see an asset bubble appearing in Asian shares, but investors should

General

Research and Markets: Vietnam Power Report Q3 2010 – Forbes

Posted on 03 September 2010

… Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/5e86f1/vietnam_power_repo) has announced the addition of the “Vietnam Power Report Q3 2010″ report to their offering

Neibouring countries

South Africa seeks value-added China investment – Christian Science Monitor

Posted on 03 September 2010

Christian Science Monitor South Africa seeks value-added China investment Christian Science Monitor South African President Jacob Zuma has asked for more China investment in infrastructure, which would create new jobs amid 25 percent unemployment.

Real Estate

All roads leading to My Dinh area

Posted on 02 September 2010

Hanoi’s expansion plans to the west are shaping the My Dinh area, 11 kilometres from the capital’s downtown, to become the capital’s second state administration hub. In a related move, the central government has recently urged Hanoi People’s Committee, in cooperation with the Ministry of Construction and other relevant governmental agencies, to complete plans to develop

Technology

Vietnam to spend $87 million in IT through 2015 – istockAnalyst.com (press release)

Posted on 03 September 2010

Vietnam to spend $87 million in IT through 2015 istockAnalyst.com (press release) … has approved an investment of VND1.7 trillion ($87.2 million) for the national program on information technology application in state agencies by 2015. …

Vietnam Fast Facts:

  • GDP (2008): $84.98 billion.
  • Real growth rate: 6.23% (2008)
  • Inflation rate (January 2009): 17.48% year-on-year.
  • External debt (2008): 29.8% of GDP, $21.8 billion.
  • Population: 85.79 million
  • Services: 38.10% of GDP, 2008
  • Exports: $62.9 billion
  • Imports: $80.4 billion
  • Goldman Sachs paper: Vietnam: The Next Asian Tiger in the Making