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VietNamNet Bridge - By developing transport infrastructure projects under the mode of BT (build, transfer), investors are willing to pour capital into projects if there are reasonable policies.
Development of Southern VN hit by lack of investment in infrastructure
VietNamNet Bridge – Investment in transport infrastructure in the south falls short of the requirement, hindering the region’s growth, a seminar heard in HCM City last week.
Private investors in infrastructure suffer disadvantages
VietNamNet Bridge - According to the Asian Development Bank (ADB), emerging economies in Asia, including in Vietnam, will need $26 trillion from now to 2030 to develop infrastructure.
Is GDP an important index to measure economic development?
VietNamNet Bridge - GDP is usually considered an important factor that shows the health of the economy in Vietnam.
Is Vietnam spending too much on infrastructure?
VietNamNet Bridge - Statistics show that Vietnam is among Asia’s biggest spenders on infrastructure.
Private investors rush to pour money into infrastructure projects
VietNamNet Bridge - More and more private investors are pouring money into the infrastructure development sector, which the State dominated until 2012.
Vietnam needs to keep watchful eye on China-founded AIIB: economists
VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam still has not provided an answer to the question on whether to join AIIB. Meanwhile, economists have called on the government to think carefully before making a decision.
Door to public-private partnerships open for private investors
Analysts believe that the latest decision to remove the state-owned capital limit for projects developed through private public partnership (PPP) would trigger a new wave of investment in infrastructure.
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Vietnam lacks legal framework for PPP projects
VietNamNet Bridge – Thirty-eight investment projects in the
public-private partnership (PPP) format in the country have not been
able to get off the ground due to the absence of a complete legal
framework for PPP investment.
New decision sets criteria for university establishment
VietNamNet Bridge – The Government will tighten the management of
universities this year following a recent decision by the Prime
Minister.
FDI drips into Mekong Delta
VietNamNet Bridge - The Mekong Delta has seaports and international
airports, but due to its poor transport infrastructure and low labor
skills, foreign investors do not want to pour capital into the region.
Restriction in building new seaports proposed
A lot of the seaports in the east of the southern
region have been operating at a moderate level, others remain half
done, causing a great waste of trillions of dong. This has been blamed
on the unreasonable seaport system programming.
VTV – Viettel great war kicks off
The green light has turned on for Viettel,a telecom group, to jump
into the pay-TV market.
Vietnam equitizes ports, trying to call for private investment
Vietnam plans to equitize some first class ports
including Hai Phong, Da Nang, Quang Ninh, Saigon and Quy Nhon, a part of the
program to call for private investment into the infrastructure development.
Manufacturers to die gradually on the policy on motorbike restriction
Motorbike manufacturers have got numbed on the information
that the government of Vietnam would restrict the number of motorbikes in
circulation.
Mobile network operators still turn their back to free messaging apps
VNG, Line and some other content service providers
affirmed that they have suggested operation projects with the big mobile network
operators in Vietnam, but they have not got any replies from the operators.
TV enterprises try to block telcos’ way
The strong infrastructure system and the
experience in market development of telecom groups will make them the redoubtable rivals to the
existing cable TV service providers, including the national VTV.
Pay-TV clients taste bitterness of the monopoly
Vietnam has had three million cable TV subscribers so
far, which means that less than 15 percent of households have used the services.
Telecom-TV service providers’ cooperation would be a threat to ADSL service?
The two big Internet service providers -- VNPT and FPT
may see their ADSL subscribers quit the networks and use CMC Telecom’s Internet
service on cable TV.
