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BUSINESS IN BRIEF 26/3

S’pore investor sells golf course stake to local partner; HCM City calls for investors into wastewater project; Handicraft exports to hit US$1.6 bln in 2013; RoK, Japan to build a thermal power plant in Vietnam

The Ho Tram dream

The investor and the rich Vietnamese once dreamed of having a Vegas in Vietnam by developing the Ho Tram resort project. However, the “Ho Tram dream” has been become far away as MGM has decided to quit the project.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 22/3

HCM City deal to boost IT use; Market changes hit furniture village; Housing laws await huge alterations; Investment needed in renewable energy; Fund rolls out sustainable development projects

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 16/3

HCM City needs US$66 million for Tan Thuan sluice; ADB helps Vietnam enhance low-carbon agriculture; Cloud computing achieves strong revenue growth; Another insurer enters Vietnamese market

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 15/3

New bond trading system launches; Businesses respond to e-customs procedures; First BPO joint venture established in Southeast Asia; Plans surrounding Vietnam’s largest int’l airport

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 2/3

Curb on licences for titanium exploitation; Foreign investment in healthcare sector stagnant; Ministry to oversee tax on used car imports; Vietnam partners with India in biotechnology

Ke Ga Port project causes many implications!

Many investors had to sacrifice their projects for the Ke Ga Port while many others have invested in projects in order to serve the future port. Now, the port project is cancelled, making investors cry.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 27/2

Sugar makers hope to cut stockpiles; Ha Noi posts 3.3% boost in import turnover; Japanese banks finance highway project in Viet Nam; US still largest importer of Vietnamese seafood

Eco-project offers fresh hope to rural farmers

Having been blighted in the past by pollution, disease-ridden water and other health hazards, poor households in Ha Tinh are being given a new lease of life thanks to a pioneering eco-village project.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 11/2

Vietnam Airlines runs HCM City-Thanh Hoa route; Asiana Airlines to buy stake in shopping centre; Trade surplus with Americas hit 15 billion USD; Skills shortage threatens to stunt business growth

Vietnam’s high technology law sets overly high requirements on investors

Involved parties still argue about how “high technology projects” means.

An Khe hydropower plant built, river gets depleted, people get thirsty

The Ba River is now getting depleted, because it has to “bleed itself dry” for the An Khe – Kanak hydropower plant.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 22/1

Domestic software firms bemoan skewed tax breaks; No respite for Ha Noi real estate; Military Bank leads in profitability; New fund will help firms to issue affordable bonds; Steel giant hurries projects; Auto market recovers before Tet

Hydropower plant to swallow national park

VietNamNet Bridge – About 60 hectares of forests in the core area of the Yok Don National Park in Dak Lak province would be eliminated when the Drang Phok hydropower plant is built.

Despite big difficulties, multi-billion dollar projects still wait in line

VietNamNet Bridge – The year 2013 is believed to be the suitable time for starting up new urban area projects.

Comic artist offers surreal sketches of Ha Noi

 VietNamNet Bridge – Different sides of life in Ha Noi have been captured by young comic artist Nguyen Thanh Phong.