On my recent trip to Vietnam , I discovered that my many preconceived ideas about the country were all wrong. Here’s what I learned:

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Margie Goldsmith: Ten Things I Learned in Vietnam

Though, many banks had to raise US dollar deposit rates, However, increasing interest rates in US dollar will not occur strongly, Dr Le Xuan Nghia, vice President of the National Financial Supervisory Commission said while answering the press. He said that the recent exchange rate adjustment has made the real values of dong and US dollar

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Deposit rates in US dollar unlikely to go very high

Gold Demand to Soar in Vietnam as `Shelter' From Devaluations, Stock Slump Bloomberg “Gold and strong foreign currencies, like US dollars, will draw investment from Vietnamese people, especially with the recent declines in the stock market … and more

Vietnamese businesses face numerous challenges in many areas including a lack of capital and human resources, poor-quality goods, inadequate infrastructure facilities and dilapidated business premises. There have been no big changes in Vietnam’s retail market although it has been completely opened up to foreign businesses for nearly two years. This is attributed to the recent global

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Developing the retail sector – an uphill task

At the meeting, Hoang and Chen briefed each other of the economic situation of each country and reviewed the economic and trade cooperation between Vietnam and China in the recent time. Hoang asked China to encourage Chinese companies …

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VNStockNews.com – In the first six months of 2010, PetroVietnam Insurance Joint Stock Corporation (PVI) has gained the highest turnover among non-life insurance, according to the recent overview report of Vietnam Insurance Association (VIA) on the Vietnam insurance market in the first six months of 2010. The salient point of the report is the change in leading position of non-life insurance

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PVI gains highest turnover among non-life insurance in H1

VNStockNews.com – Vipco Petroleum Transportation Joint Stock Co (coded VIP) plans to issue 300,000 bonds at par value of one million dong worth 300 billion dong according to the recent resolution at its shareholder meeting. Three year-dated bond would be issued in three phases, worth 100 billion dong for each one, the first time in Q3, the second in Q4, 2010 and the last in Q1 2011.

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Vipco to issue bonds

The Vietnamese Embassy in Japan hosted a meeting last Friday for around 100 members from a study group of Japan’s second generation businesses in Tokyo to promote understanding of doing business and making investment in Viet Nam. The event was designed to attract more Japanese investment. Speaking at the function, Ambassador Nguyen Phu Binh reviewed the most outstanding socio-economic achievements in Viet Nam in the recent past

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Tokyo meeting lures Japanese investors

Other than the obvious – that there hasn’t been a South and North Vietnam since 1975 – how many other historical and factual errors can you spot in this recent address to the House of Representatives by Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee, D-TX?

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MEMO TO REP. JACKSON-LEE: South Vietnam ceased to exist in 1975 …

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 17/7 VietNamNet Bridge He underlined the recent robust development of the Vietnam -Japan strategic partnership and reckoned that “this is a good time to strengthen investment and …

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BUSINESS IN BRIEF 17/7 – VietNamNet Bridge