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Vietnamese enterprises face tough competition upon AFTA’s tariff reduction
06/08/2010
In implementation of the Agreement on Common Effective Preferential Tariff for the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA), Vietnam, by January 1, 2006, has applied import tariff of 0-5% to 10,283 commodities, accounting for 96% of the total 10,689 commodities listed in Vietnam’s import-export tariff. Liberalisation of trade within ASEAN countries will boost imports from regional countries to Vietnam but also increase competitiveness on the domestic market for Vietnamese enterprises. Bang Chau writes in Nhandan Online.
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Small businesses bogged by bureaucracy
06/08/2010
Cumbersome administrative procedures and high land leases are worrying small businesses despite marked improvements in the country’s investment climate.
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SMEs struggle from capital shortage
06/08/2010
Loans offered to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and private companies by banks last year accounted for 30 per cent of the total outstanding loans, an increase of 17 per cent over the previous year, but still fell short of meeting the capital demands of enterprises.
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Real estate prices drop further
06/08/2010
Buyers delay plans to buy houses, waiting for real estate prices to drop further.
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Vietnam's Economic Overview
06/08/2010
Vietnam has made progress over the past 10
years in moving from a planned economy to a market economy, opening up to foreign investment, maintaining consistent rapid growth and now targeting entry into the World Trade Organization in 2005. The shift away from a centrally planned economy to a more market-oriented economic model improved the quality of life for many Vietnamese.
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Expecting the unexpected
06/08/2010
The nature of banking demands an integrated means of managing risk, argues Mr Vo Tan Long, Deputy General Director of IBM Vietnam....
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Who is the richest Vietnamese?
06/08/2010
Are there any US dollar billionaires in Vietnam yet? And if so, where did they earn their fortunes? Let’s take a look at the nouveau riche of the market economy.
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