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Dealing with inflation: cutting spending and working more

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Contrary to all predictions, small merchants have not raised prices in spite of input price increases. Instead, they are trying to deal with high inflation by cutting down expenses and doing more work. A Saigon Tiep Thi reporter went to Tan Son Nhat Market a few days ago to have his jeans repaired

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Scandal damages Toyota’s sales in Vietnam

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Vietnamese customers now refuse to purchase Toyotas, even models that have no problems with accelerator pedals, although Toyota has been a reliable brand name in the eyes of Vietnamese consumers for many years. Car importers complain they have never seen such a gloomy business season as this one. They had hoped that after Tet sales would be better and allow them to clear their stock.

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Sexism rampant in Viet Nam: UN – AsiaOne

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AsiaOne Sexism rampant in Viet Nam : UN AsiaOne HA NOI – Viet Nam has made great strides in terms of economic performance, but at the same time, there are signs of rising economic inequality and disparity … Government leader receives ambassadors Viet Nam News all 7 news articles

Minh Phu earns US$18.1m from Jan-February export

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VNStockNews.com – Minh Phu Seafood Joint Stock Co (coded MPC) reported exporting 1,687 tonnes of seafood for US$18.13 million, up 31.77% in output and 31.41% in value compared with the same period of 2009, deputy general director Le Van Diep.Last year MPC gained 3.1 trillion dong in revenue of sales and service provision, 250.6 billion dong in pre-tax profit, 241 billion dong in after-tax profit,

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More investments, not OFWs, can pull up RP – Cebu Daily News

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More investments, not OFWs, can pull up RP Cebu Daily News From 2001 to 2008, the Philippines only had $12 billion in foreign direct investments, which is less than Vietnam's $36 billion for the same period. …

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KSB closes the shareholders list for dividend payment of 20pct

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VNStockNews.com – Binh Duong Mineral and Construction Joint Stock Co (coded KSB) announced to close the list of shareholders on March 22 for advancing first phase dividend in cash with ratio of 20 percent.In details, the ex-right session would be March 18 and the company plans to pay dividend for shareholders from April 12.At the same time, the company also invited all the existing shareholders

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Ngo Han Co. gains nearly 9bln dong after tax profit in Jan

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VNStockNews.com – Ngo Han Joint Stock Co (coded NHW) has recently announced business results in January with 130.88 billion dong of revenue.In comparison with the same period last year, the company’s revenue from sales decreased nearly 50 billion dong.However, NHW’s after tax profit was nearly nine billion dong, nearly two fold increase against the figure of 4.22 billion dong of the same period

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GDP, trade deficit a concern

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VNStockNews.com – Economic growth in the first quarter of this year will be higher than the same period last year, but a close watch should be kept on the trade deficit, the General Statistics Office has said.A GSO report said the prediction is based on trade and production figures of the first two months and an analysis of the advantages and disadvantages facing the country’s economy in the

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BUSINESS IN BRIEF 7/3 – VietNamNet Bridge

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BUSINESS IN BRIEF 7/3 VietNamNet Bridge Suh Joong-hae from the same institute reported that in 2007, Viet Nam's expenditure on science and technology was VND612 billion (US$32.2 million), … and more

Scam suspect sought in bait-and-switch scheme – Burlington Free Press

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Police are looking for a man who used a “bait-and-switch” scheme Wednesday to swindle a Shelburne business out of thousands of dollars and tried unsuccessfully to do the same to a second business in South Burlington on the same day.

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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