The Australian Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam in Hanoi will co-host a business briefing next week on ways for companies to respond to high inflation in Vietnam.

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Most of Electricity of Vietnam’s investments outside the utility’s main business scope were ineffective, leading to huge losses, a new report said.

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State utility EVN expands inefficiently outside power sector: report

Most of Electricity of Vietnam’s investments outside the utility’s main business scope were ineffective, leading to huge losses, a new report said.

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State utility EVN expands inefficiently outside power sector: report

Falling import tariffs on cars will give local automakers a tough time in the next few years, and some may have to quit the business, said Le Duong Quang, deputy minister of trade and industry.

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Two groups of British and Dutch businesses are visiting Vietnam this week to research local market and investment opportunities, Saigon Tiep Thi reported on Monday.

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British, Dutch businesses eye Vietnamese market

Ocean Group Joint-Stock Co., a Vietnamese real-estate and financial company, reduced its 2011 pretax profit target by 54 percent as a slump in the property market hurt its business.

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European businesses in Vietnam have continued to lose confidence in the country as a sound investment destination for the fourth quarter in a row, a new survey found.

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Vietnam’s business climate continues to worsen: European firms

Vietnam fell eight spots in terms of ease of doing business this year, even though the country has improved its ability to protect investors, a new World Bank survey found.

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Vietnam’s office rents will fall as much as 7 percent in 2012 because buildings are completed at a faster rate than business expansion, said Jones Lang LaSalle Inc., the world’s second-biggest commercial property broker.

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Vietnam’s business community became more pessimistic in the third quarter as economic uncertainty and financial instability hurt sentiment around the world, Grant Thornton said in a new report.

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