Vietnam

Vietnam and Myanmar’s Cooperative Talks

June 16, 2011
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Hoang Trung Hai, Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister, recently met with the Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation in Myanmar, U Myint Hlaing, as well as the Minister of National Planning and Economic Development Tin Naing Thein. Topics on the discussion table included cooperation in fields “in accordance with the guidance of the two countries’ leaders.” Economic cohesion was also discussed with an agreement on “early implementation of specific projects and acceleration of the implementation of the existing agreements.” Big Talks...

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Increased Ties Between Vietnam and Myanmar

June 14, 2011
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Talks in Vietnam on Cooperation Issues Following talks in Nay Pyi Taw (Vietnam) last week between Hoang Trung Hai (Deputy PM to Vietnam) and Thia Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo (VP to Myanmar), an agreement was reached between the two countries to “increase cooperation” in areas such as agriculture, aviation, oil, automobile, finance and more. On the table for discussion was the countries eco-political status, bilateral relations and possible ways of “boosting cooperation” in the near future, especially vis-à-vis...

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Additional Asian Alliance

May 19, 2011
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Turkey and Vietnam Need to Join Forces It seems that if there was greater cooperation between Vietnam and Turkey, the economy climates of both countries would greatly benefit. According to an article in the Vietnam News, they need to get on to this though and start making real efforts so that they will thrive. This is the case for many areas such as: “economics, education and training, science and technology.” It was just two days ago that Nguyen...

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Thailand Cambodian Trade News

May 3, 2011
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Border Clashes Negatively Impact Trade There’s going to be trouble with the Asian economy, and a lot of it. That’s if the situation between Thailand and Cambodia continues. Currently the border clashes there are so detrimental to good sentiments between the two countries, that even though trade is developing, without an end to these clashes, the market share of Thailand goods in Cambodia will be reduced. According to Kasikorn Research Center (KRC), what will happen is that Thai exporters...

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Foxy Financial Females?

April 28, 2011
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Are Asian Women Financially Savvy Today? Years ago the answer for sure would have been a resounding “no.” But today things are somewhat different. It seems that women in Asia (especially those married, 30+, in the workforce) know their won from their yen and their level of competence is likely to increase further “especially among the younger generation.” For example, women from Thailand topped financial planning (87) and investment (69.3) scores for financial literacy but Vietnamese women also did...

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Malaysia Strong Asian Investment Opportunity

April 21, 2011
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Malaysia: Major Asia Asset Just two days ago a $3.7bn investment announcement came from Malaysia, set to “to jumpstart foreign interest in its economy even as other Asian countries try to stem speculative inflows in search of higher-yielding markets.” The country’s Prime Minister (Najib Razak) intends to try and get $444bn worth of investments resulting in Malaysia becoming a “developed country by 2020,” including $165m by Asia Media to create digital media infrastructure as well as the establishment of...

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Biomass Joint Project

January 30, 2011
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Biomass Joint Project

Japanese and Vietnamese research teams are cooperating on a joint project to develop a clean and renewable natural resource from biomass. The project, named “Sustainable Integration of Local Agriculture and Biomass Industries,” started in October 2009 and is to last for five years. It will be worked on primarily by researchers from the University of Tokyo (UT) and the Ho chi Min City University of Technology (HCMUT). According to Dr Phan Dinh, the projects’ goal is to develop methods...

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Domestic Vietnamese Companies Invested $900 Million Overseas This Year

December 30, 2010
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Domestic Vietnamese Companies Invested $900 Million Overseas This Year

Of pledged investments of approximately $2.93 billion by Vietnamese companies, approximately $900 million have been invested in projects overseas. In 2010, private and state owned companies have invested in 25 countries in 107 projects according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment. The Ministry of Planning and Investment reported that Vietnamese companies’ investments of $900 million was invested as follows: $700 million was invested in oil exploration and extraction projects, $53 million was invested in the retail trade, $70...

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The Foreign Investment Fund Targeting the Domestic Private Firms

August 16, 2010
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The Foreign Investment Fund Targeting the Domestic Private Firms

The Fund for Southeast Asia ( ASEAF ) , created by Aureos ( Aureos Capital) , has decided to invest 4.2 million dollars in the stock company of the digital world Anh Tran . “Vietnam is a country with a young population. Demand for electronic products, including computers, will see a sharp increase in times to come. We have chosen the company Tran Anh after careful studies of its business strategies and management,” informed Dô Doan Kien , head...

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