G-20 officials to wrestle over economic imbalances

November 7, 2009 in Uncategorized
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Rifts among the world’s top financial officials are threatening to stymie their attempts to secure future global growth and break a deadlock over who bears the cost of fighting climate change.
Finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 rich and developing nations meeting here also face divisions on whether it is too soon [...]

Southern Phu Yen economic zone founded

October 25, 2009 in Vietnam Economy
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Southern Phu Yen economic zone founded

QĐND – Sunday, October 25, 2009, 20:49 (GMT+7)

Decision 1712/QĐ-TTg on the foundation of the Southern Phu Yen Economic Zone, issued on October 23rd, 2009 by the Prime Minister was announced on October 24th by Phu Yen Province.
Accordingly, the 15th national coastal economic zone will be built in an area [...]

Hanoi to host Vietnam-RoK economic forum

October 18, 2009 in Vietnam Economy
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Hanoi to host Vietnam-RoK economic forum

QĐND – Saturday, October 17, 2009, 19:24 (GMT+7)

The Vietnam-RoK economic development forum will be held in Hanoi from Oct. 21-22 with around 350 delegates taking part in.
The forum will focus on the situation of bilateral economic ties and new orientations for development cooperation.
Vietnam will present its socio-economic development strategy [...]

Tourism and economic potentials promotion in Germany

October 15, 2009 in Vietnam Travel
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Tourism and economic potentials promotion in Germany

QĐND – Thursday, October 15, 2009, 20:14 (GMT+7)

A forum to introduce Vietnam’s tourism and economic potential was held on October 13th in Viethaus (Vietnam House) in Berlin, Germany, by the Vietnamese Embassy to Germany and the Center for Vietnam Trade, Investment, Culture and Tourism.
At the forum, Vietnamese Ambassador [...]

Vietnam to subsidize company borrowing to spur economic growth

October 14, 2009 in Vietnam Economy
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Vietnam to subsidize company borrowing to spur economic growth

QĐND – Tuesday, October 13, 2009, 21:4 (GMT+7)

Vietnam will subsidize borrowing for companies and individuals to help boost growth in the Southeast Asian economy, the central bank said.
The State Bank of Vietnam will provide an interest-rate subsidy of as much as 4 percentage points on [...]

Next year’s G20 to discuss economic imbalances: SKorea

September 30, 2009 in World
Tags: discuss, economic, G20, imbalances:, next, SKorea, to, years

SEOUL, Sept 30, 2009 (AFP) – World leaders will discuss ways to sustain growth and correct global economic imbalances at next year’s G20 economic summit in South Korea, President Lee Myung-Bak said Wednesday.

S. Korean President Lee Myung-Bak speaks during a press conference at the Blue House on September 30, 2009 (AFP photo)
“At the time [...]

Far Eastern Economic Review to shut down in December

September 22, 2009 in World
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The Far Eastern Economic Review (FEER), one of Asia’s most respected English-language news magazines, will close in December, its owner Dow Jones and Co. announced on Monday.

File photo of the Asian Far Eastern Economic Review on the streets of Hong Kong in 2004. (AFP Photo)
“Unfortunately, despite several attempts at invigorating the brand, the Review’s [...]

Mekong nations’ new agreement paves way for accelerated economic development

September 18, 2009 in World
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Manila, Philippines, Sep. 18 – Ministers from the six nations sharing the Mekong River have agreed to expedite the development of three priority economic corridors in the region: the East-West, North-South and Southern economic corridors.
At the 2nd Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Economic Corridors Forum in Phnom Penh, ministers from Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, [...]

PM urges greater efforts to meet economic targets

September 8, 2009 in Vietnam Economy
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Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung asked ministries, businesses and local authorities to continue to concentrate on measures adopted by the Government to reach economic growth targets.

The Cabinet in its two-day monthly meeting opening on August 31
At the two-day regular monthly Cabinet meeting in Hanoi, which wrapped up on September 1, he said economic [...]

APEC economic leaders to push world trade

November 24, 2008 in Uncategorized
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Lima (VNA) – Leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member economies have issued a statement, promising to take further actions against the global financial crisis.The statement was issued in the Peruvian capital city of Lima on November 22, the first day of the two-day APEC-16 Economic Leaders’ Meeting, under the chairmanship of Peru ’s [...]