VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese businesses, both state owned and non-state owned, suffered big difficulties in 2012.
More than 54,000 businesses dissolved in 2012
Banks only offers short-term loans, businesses want long-term loans
Securities suffer from business slump
SOEs always too late to dismiss incapable CEOs
Having no jobs, businesses start Tet holidays sooner than expected
Manufacturers rush to pay debts in goods and sell off inventories
Producers concerned about snowballing stockpiles
Enterprises anxious to export sugar
SBV promises bailout, real estate developers bubble over with joy
US$3,000 insufficient to revive businesses
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