Pledged foreign direct investment into Vietnam fell 26 percent this year through December 15, the Foreign Investment Agency of the Ministry of Planning and Investment said in a e-mailed statement on December 30.

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Vietnam’s pledged foreign direct investment falls 26 percent

Electricity of Vietnam has a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.25, much higher than the average 1.98 for the country’s state-owned enterprises, news web site VnExpress reported Saturday, citing the Ministry of Investment and Planning.

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Vietnam’s power utility has unsafe debt-equity ratio: report

Vietnam will continue implementing the inflation-fighting strategy until “we bring macroeconomic indicators back to normal,” a planning and investment official said Wednesday.

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Vietnam to retain inflation fighting policies

Vietnam expects disbursements of foreign direct investment to rise by as much as 10 percent in 2012 after forecasting it will be flat at $11 billion this year, Dang Huy Dong, Vice Minister of Planning and Investment said in an interview in Hanoi Tuesday.

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Vietnam sees 2012 disbursed foreign investment to rise 10 pct

Vietnam is planning to require residential developers to earmark at least 80 percent of their project sites for apartments, Minister of Construction Nguyen Tran Nam said.

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Vietnam to promote apartments, restrict villa projects

Vietnam’s government has asked the Ministry of Planning and Investment to weigh a request by mobile phone maker Nokia concerning preferential treatment for its first plant in the country.

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Vietnam considers Nokia’s request for special treatment

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Parkson said to seek Singapore listing for Southeast Asia retail business

The central bank is planning to double the minimum capital requirement for bank branches, but small lenders say the new rule would badly hurt their business.

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Vietnam banks fret over restrictions

Vietnam’s foreign reserves “improved significantly” in the first six months of the year, according to a recent report from the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

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Vietnam foreign reserves up $3 billion in first half

The Ministry of Investment and Planning will propose a revision to the current annual inflation target of 15 percent after prices surged 13.29 percent in the first half of the year, Minister Nguyen Hong Phuc said.

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Vietnam may revise inflation target to 17-18 percent: official