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...The former factory worker did not hesitate to move her entire savings of 800mn dong ($32,000) to the new scheme, believing that her money would be safe with the state-licensed bank....
...Thuong’s predecessor as president, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, resigned in January 2023 amid an overhaul of the government’s top ranks that also saw the departure of two deputy prime ministers....
...Lan is accused by Vietnamese authorities of using Saigon Joint Stock Commercial Bank (SCB), in which she owns a controlling stake of about 90 per cent, to funnel 304tn dong ($12.3bn) to her real estate company...
...The finance ministry estimated the move would affect 122 multinational companies and generate 14.6tn dong ($603mn) in state revenue....
...Phoc noted that at least 700bn dong ($30mn) was set aside annually for infrastructure investment....
...The hit to supply chains from factory disruptions will be large, according to Natixis economist Trinh Nguyen....
...Janet Yellen, the US Treasury secretary, announced the agreement at the end of a meeting with Nguyen Thi Hong, governor of the State Bank of Vietnam, on Monday, in a move that could stave off the threat...
...“The restrictions are seriously constraining the manufacturing capacity in the country,” says Nguyen Phuong Linh, associate director at Control Risks....
...“They are terrified by what happened in Wuhan and are really scared that it might happen again,” says Jin Dong-yan, a virologist with the University of Hong Kong, referring to the overwhelmed hospitals when...
...Prime minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc this week flatly denied Vietnam was manipulating its currency....
...Occupancy is even higher near cities, including 99 per cent in Binh Duong and 94 per cent in Dong Nai, both provinces on the edge of Ho Chi Minh City....
...Next is The Gioi Di Dong, also known as Mobile World, which had 29m monthly visits during the same period....
...Risk management requirements may also include limits on the maximum number of customers and on loan values, said Nguyen Quang Thuan, chief executive of FiinGroup, a Nikkei data provider, meaning they will...
...Local company Trung Nguyen also launched a line of coffee capsules last year....
...Factory inspections are one of a series of measures introduced by Nguyen Xuan Phuc, the prime minister, to demonstrate Vietnam’s commitment to addressing US complaints....
...Vingroup said that its phones would sell in a price range of 3.4m-6.6m Vietnamese dong ($146 to $283)....
...EVN plans to increase investment on upgrading the national grid by 20 per cent this year to 19.5tn dong ($850m)....
...One afternoon in Hanoi, I met Nguyen Anh Tuan, an activist who belongs to Vietnam’s small but vocal dissident community....
...According to Nguyen Tuan Ngoc, director of Bach Nien Thien Duc elderly care centre, bringing elderly parents to nursing homes is no longer “undutiful” but “inevitable”....
...Vietnamese state-controlled media reported on Tuesday that aviation authorities fined VietJet 40m dong, or less than $2,000 on flight safety grounds....
...“This will worry investors,” said Nguyen Phuong Linh, a Singapore-based analyst with Control Risks, the consultancy....
...“When we acquired Flappy Bird [the mobile game phenomenon designed by Dong Nguyen],” Gardner tells me, “it was on an Android platform so we needed permission to use that....
...seriousness with which communist-ruled country is taking the issue, in November its parliament passed a new fisheries law that provides for increased inspection of fisheries and steep fines of up to 1bn dong...
...Le Hong Duc, 60, a fish farmer in Vietnam’s Dong Thap Province, called damming the river to produce electricity “unsustainable development”....
...The company’s stock on Tuesday rose by the debut day limit of 20 per cent from its listing price of 90,000 dong to 108,000 Vietnamese dong ($4.74)....
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