Tin mới
Shining a light on corruption (12/4)
06/08/2010
The national scandal involving the Project Management Unit 18 has raised concerns amongst the international donor community regarding ODA usage and corruption level in Vietnam. Tu Giang talks with Klaus Rohland, the World Bank's country director about how his powerful financial organisation and other the donors view the corruption allegations.
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Change still needed to advance society
06/08/2010
Vu Quoc Tuan, a senior expert on the Prime Minister’s Research Board, writes that more reforms need to be made to improve Vietnam
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Vietnam stock market world’s second best
06/08/2010
The Vietnamese stock market is the second best-performing in the world this year, behind only Zimbabwe's. The Vietnam Stock Index has gone up 60 percent this year.
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2006: A Transformational Year For Vietnam (14/4)
06/08/2010
...The local market was beginning to show real signs of an awakening, helping Dragon’s
main dedicated Vietnamese country fund on its way to a more than promising 39.3%
annual return. The communist government also flagged its reformist trajectory, approving
the country’s first sovereign bond launch, and pushing ahead with vital market reforms...
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Vietnam: Monthly forecast
06/08/2010
We expect the economy to ease only slightly from the 2005 peak, but 2006 real GDP growth should remain in the vicinity of 8.0%nevertheless. Despite possible, temporary upticks, the downward trend in commodity prices, tariff reductions, and a stable exchange rate mean that inflationary pressures
should gradually subside in the next couple of years.
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Vietnam Risk Summary
06/08/2010
Vietnam’s currency, the dong, has steadily
weakened against the US dollar. While
strong economic growth prospects would
suggest a strengthening of the dong, state
authorities have intervened in the market to
maintain a competitive rate. However, a
more flexible exchange rate regime is likely
going forward amid World Trade Organisation
(WTO) membership negotiations, rising
foreign direct investment (FDI), and increased
equity flows which should provide
upward pressure for the dong.
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