More than 700,000 people will join the country’s workforce every year until 2015, an annual increase of 1.5 per cent, according to a report on the country’s labour and social trends. This makes Viet Nam one of the fastest growing labour markets in Southeast Asia, just behind Indonesia and the Philippines, notes the report released recently by the Institute of Labour Science and Social Affairs. The economy is thus under pressure to create jobs, a task that could be hard given the current trend of low number of firms registered per capita and the fact most of them are small and medium-sized enterprises with little capacity to create jobs.

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Workforce tipped to grow 1.5% a year

The Government Office has released the Deputy Prime Minister’s findings on the country’s production output, business, and export-import activities in the first five months of this year as well as measures to minimise the trade deficit in 2010. Thanks to the effective implementation of government’s measures, the economy bounced back well in the first quarter, said Mr

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Deputy PM urges ministries to encourage production

Phan Minh Tuan, head of EVN renewable energy and nuclear power project’s investment board said that bonds might be issued for carrying out construction project of the first nuclear power plant in Vietnam. He revealed the information on the occasion of participating the international exhibition on nuclear power held on May 27 and 28.

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EVN proposes corporate bond issue for developing nuclear power in Vietnam

The construction of a US$12 million electronics factory started yesterday in northern Bac Ninh Province’s Viet Nam – Singapore Industrial Park (VSIP).

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Work begins on $12m Bac Ninh electronics factory

The southern province of Binh Duong received US$312 million of foreign direct investment (FDI) capital in the first quarter of this year. To date, the province has attracted 1,922 foreign invested projects worth $13 billion including those in the industrial zone with a total capital of $7.151 billion.

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Binh Duong attracts top foreign investment

Opening up the industrial sector Viet Nam News The result is significant if you take into account the comparatively small investment in the industry. Viet Nam can build 6500-53000 tonne ships to an …

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Direct investment Direct investment projects can belong to one of the following investment types: Establishment of economic organizations in the form of 100% domestic owned or 100% foreign owned Investment under contractual forms of BCC, BOT or BT contracts Investment for business development (expansion of production capacity or for technology renovation..) Purchasing shares or to contribute capital in order to participate in management of investment activities Investment in the carrying out of a merger and acquisition of an enterprise Other direct investments.

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VNBusinessNews.com – Vietnam’s industrial production value in January is estimated at 62.8 trillion dong, up 28.4 percent against the same period last year but down 4.6 percent in comparison with previous month’s figure of over 66 trillion dong, Ministry of Planning and Investment (MoPI) reported on January 26.According to MoPI, the industrial production value this month posted strong rise

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Industrial production value in January up 28.4pct y-o-y