SMEs disappeared to seek shelter in crisis
19.4 percent of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) reportedly disappeared from the market in 2009.
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Dung Quat oil refinery – facts and figures
The Dung Quat Oil Refinery Project has taken nine years longer than planned.
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Car market quiet in high sale season
Unlike previous years, when the car market always became bustling towards the year end, the market remains very quiet now, in the high sale season
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Dollar prices equal on official and black markets
VietNamNet Bridge – As anticipated, the dollar has become scarcer towards the end of the year.
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Rice prices go up but enterprises commit to meeting domestic demand
The information about the rice price increases in the world market has promptly pushed the domestic prices up.
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BUSINESS IN BRIEF 19/10
Vietinbank to begin work on tower project; Finance Ministry to control prices; Confab examines new housing policies
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Eight enterprises promise to purchase Dung Quat’s oil
Eight biggest fuel importers have confirmed that they will increase the purchases of fuel products from Dung Quat Oil Refinery in order to help the refinery to clear its big stocks.
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BP sells Vietnam energy assets to Russian group
Russia’s TNK-BP has announced that the company had reached an agreement to buy assets worth about 1.8 billion USD from BP in Vietnam and Venezuela.
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Bankrupt Viva Macau owes Vietnamese creditors $1 million
It’s highly unlikely that Vietnamese creditors will collect their money from low-cost carrier Viva Macau, which has declared bankruptcy
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Interest rates sky high, businesses feel anxious as Tet nears
It is now the high production season and businesses hurry to run their production lines to make products for Tet sale.
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Powder milk prices sky high because of unhealthy competition
VietNamNet Bridge – The overly high powder milk prices in Vietnam have been blamed on unhealthy competition behaviours by producers and suppliers.
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