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...Ho Duc Phoc, Vietnam’s finance minister, said in an interview that the country’s infrastructure was “improving and becoming more modern” and highlighted a big attraction for investors: cheap labour....
...“We rely on the world’s demand for our products, which is facing a lot of difficulties,” Ho Duc Phoc told the Financial Times, adding that the war in Ukraine had raised petroleum and consumer prices, putting...
...“Investors globally are spooked,” said Golden Gate Ventures founding partner Vinnie Lauria at a Forbes tech summit in Ho Chi Minh City at the end of March. “They’re acting irrationally....
...Pham Binh Minh was standing deputy prime minister in charge of overall diplomacy, and Vu Duc Dam was the deputy prime minister in charge of public health....
...On Thursday Vu Duc Dam, deputy prime minister, signed a package of measures meant to allow migrant workers to return home “safely and thoughtfully”....
...“There’s been great confidence since Vietnam reopened,” Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association chair Vu Duc Giang said....
...Ho La Ho Sik Good for: People who enjoy fusion food Not so good for: A sudden dinner date FYI: Chef Christopher has a day job, so you’ll need to book him at least a couple of months ahead (Website) A...
...According to the White House, Mr Kim was to be joined by Kim Yong Chol, his main negotiator, and Ri Yong Ho, the North Korean foreign minister....
...“Farmers are switching to other crops like pepper, durian and avocado,” said Tran Duc Tho, director of the trading company Duc Nguyen Cofexim, whose clients include Nestlé....
...Nguyen Vu Duc, Go-Viet’s co-founder and chief executive, said the company planned to offer additional services currently available only to Indonesian users, with car hailing, food delivery and mobile wallet...
...In large cities such as Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, middle-class families do so with the support of domestic helpers....
...Tran Ngoc Thai Son set up his ecommerce start-up in his parents’ bedroom in Ho Chi Minh City, and went live one Saturday morning in 2010....
...In Ho Chi Minh City, the figure is over $5,000....
...Revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh toured its factory on the outskirts of Hanoi in 1959. During the Vietnam War, workers manned anti-aircraft guns on the roof when they were not busy sewing....
...There are even indications that the Vietnamese are willing to consider the use by the US navy of their former wartime base at Cam Ranh Bay....
...The Ho Chi Minh stock exchange has continued its stellar run, with the VN index rising 4 per cent over the last month alone, and up 20 per cent year-to-date to a post-financial crisis high....
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...Vu Duc Dam, deputy prime minister, vowed last week that his administration was committed to the “road-map to privatisation”....
...Nguyen Duc Thanh, director of the Vietnam Centre for Economic and Policy Research, said the plans lacked detailed goals....
...A fund manager in Ho Chi Minh City told beyondbrics: “I was near to closing a new deal but these arrests have made foreign investors very nervous....
...Police raided the banker’s home and office in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s financial centre, on Thursday night and detained him for four months to conduct further investigations, the state news agency reported...
...With a lot of concern in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi about the health of the banks, the market may have further to fall....
...No end in sight to the financial turmoil in Vietnam following the arrest this week of banking millionaire Nguyen Duc Kien....
...joined Nguyen Duc Kien in police detention....
...Vietnam’s stock market fell nearly 5 per cent on Tuesday on the arrest of banking millionaire Nguyen Duc Kien, one of the best-known men in the country’s business elite....
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