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...Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan has been sentenced to death by a court in Ho Chi Minh City for embezzling more than $12bn in the country’s largest financial fraud, state media reported....
...A Vietnamese real estate tycoon accused of embezzling $12bn has gone on trial in Ho Chi Minh City, part of a widespread government anti-corruption campaign that has extended to the private sector....
...She is the chair of developer Van Thinh Phat, which owns some of the most prized hotels, luxury residences and office buildings in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s economic and commercial hub....
...Its offices in 13 countries are spread across many non-traditional financial centres, such as Ramat Gan, Israel; Budapest; Mumbai; Ho Chi Minh City and Seoul....
...Additional reporting by Chan Ho-him in Hong Kong...
...This has boosted the fortunes of businesses like Viego Global, a sourcing company based in Ho Chi Minh City....
...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....
...Vinhomes’s Ho Chi Minh City-listed shares closed 7 per cent higher on Tuesday....
...PM2.5 levels around Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City reached particularly high levels in November and December....
...Alongside state carrier Vietnam Airlines and budget competitors led by VietJet Air, start-up carrier Bamboo Airways — launched by property and resorts group FLC — began operating flights last year....
...The other part, to which I belong, is deeply concerned about the negative impact on the environment of some of their businesses, the non-transparent way public properties turned into their properties, and...
...Nguyen Viet Quang, group chief executive of Vingroup, said at a launch event on Friday that the smartphones would be part of an “ecosystem of smart AI devices”, including televisions....
...“The government is a thief,” claims Nguyen Thi Giap, 83, who lives with her 91-year-old husband Huynh Van Luc in a two-storey house. Their wedding picture is on the wall....
...Additional reporting by Nguyen Khac Giang in Hanoi...
...Additional reporting by Nguyen Khac Giang...
...The low-cost airline is headed by majority owner and founder Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, a property and banking tycoon....
...As part of the deal for those projects, Westinghouse agreed to transfer intellectual property relating to the plants....
...Joannes Ho and Christine Chen have both joined as senior relationship managers in Hong Kong from CTBC, the privately owned Taiwanese bank....
...We expect the government to micromanage problem banks, and it may also intervene to prevent a new property bubble....
...Tally ho, not tally how Foxtons charges more. The London estate agency sticks property vendors with a 2.5 per cent fee compared with the 1.5 per cent from rivals....
...While Vietnam’s population is a third bigger than that of neighbouring Thailand, the Ho Chi Minh City bourse is less than an eighth of the size of its counterpart in Bangkok....
...Nguyen Cao Ky Duyen is a star in Communist-ruled Vietnam, but she was once a refugee from it....
...“In the past few years, most of the new foreign investment in Vietnam came from Korea and Japan,” said Nguyen Xuan Thanh, director of the Fulbright Economics Teaching Program in Ho Chi Minh City....
...Additional reporting by Ma Fangjing and Khac Giang Nguyen....
...This year, the country is expected to grow 5.8 per cent and the government is targeting growth of 6.2 per cent in 2015, according to Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung....
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